Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Home
Business
Business Home
Economy
Technology
Media
Small Business
Green Business
Legal
Deals
Earnings
Summits
Business Video
Markets
Markets Home
U.S. Markets
European Markets
Asian Markets
Global Market Data
Indices
M&A
Stocks
Bonds
Currencies
Commodities
Futures
Funds
peHUB
World
World Home
U.S.
Brazil
China
Euro Zone
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Afghan Journal
Africa Journal
India Insight
Global News Journal
Pakistan: Now or Never?
World Video
Politics
Politics Home
Front Row Washington
Politics Video
Technology
Technology Home
MediaFile
Science
Tech Video
Opinion
Opinion Home
Chrystia Freeland
Felix Salmon
Jack Shafer
Breakingviews
David Rohde
Bernd Debusmann
Gregg Easterbrook
Nader Mousavizadeh
James Saft
John Wasik
Christopher Whalen
Ian Bremmer
Mohamed El-Erian
Lawrence Summers
The Great Debate
Unstructured Finance
Newsmaker
MuniLand
Money
Money Home
Analyst Research
Global Investing
MuniLand
Reuters Money
Alerts
Watchlist
Portfolio
Stock Screener
Fund Screener
Personal Finance Video
Life & Culture
Health
Sports
Arts
Faithworld
Business Traveler
Left Field
Entertainment
Oddly Enough
Lifestyle Video
Pictures
Pictures Home
Reuters Photographers
Full Focus
Video
Article
Comments (0)
Full Focus
Editor's choice
A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Full Article
Follow Reuters
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
YouTube
Read
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
05 Oct 2011
World mourns Steve Jobs
|
11:25am EDT
Jobs death prompts grief at Apple stores worldwide
|
9:51am EDT
After decade of war, Afghans mull Taliban return
|
10:43am EDT
Steve Jobs "may never be equaled"
|
8:58am EDT
Discussed
347
Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks
223
About 400 arrested in Wall Street protest
136
Senate takes first step on China yuan bill
Watched
Apple's Steve Jobs dead at 56
Wed, Oct 5 2011
Japan tech show merges real, virtual
Tue, Oct 4 2011
Steve Jobs: A Tribute
Wed, Oct 5 2011
Rebels kill 10 in eastern Congo attacks
Tweet
Share this
Email
Print
Related News
Analysis: Congo's Kabila in battle for eastern strongholds
6:01am EDT
Gold to flow from Congo's cloud-capped hills
8:20am EDT
Analysis & Opinion
Factbox on “Price Tag” attacks on Palestinian property blamed on Jewish settlers
African immigrants drift toward Latin America
Related Topics
World »
United Nations »
Congo »
By Crispin Kyalangalilwa
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Thu Oct 6, 2011 11:35am EDT
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 10 people, including members of a local aid group, in attacks on vehicles traveling in the province of South Kivu this week, the local government said on Thursday.
Congo's east remains plagued by armed groups eight years after a war that left around five million people dead -- a problem that could weigh on President Joseph Kabila's bid for re-election in a November 27 vote.
Seven people were killed and three injured on Tuesday in an attack on a vehicle owned by a local NGO, Eben Ezer, on a road south of the town of Baraka near Lake Tanganyika, according to local administrator Selestin Kalume Mwanshima.
The same armed group killed three more people when a motorbike was attacked on the same day, Kalume said, blaming the killings on a Congolese rebel band known as Mai Mai Yakatumba.
"We are in the process of taking steps to secure the area. It's each day that Yakatumba and its allies, the FNL and FDLR attack civilian vehicles, boats, even entire villages. This must stop," Kalume told Reuters by telephone.
FNL is a Burundian rebel group based in Congo that was blamed for last month's attack on a bar in Burundi in which more than 30 people were killed. The FDLR is a Rwandan rebel group operating in Congo and has carried out numerous atrocities against civilians, including mass rapes.
The United Nations, whose peacekeepers conduct joint operations with Congo's army to fight the rebels, issued a statement calling on the Congolese government to investigate the killings and prosecute those responsible.
"We deplore in the strongest terms this attack and all other acts that hinder the work of humanitarian actors in DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)," Pierrette Vu Thi, the coordinator of humanitarian affairs in Congo, said in a statement issued by the U.N. humanitarian affairs office.
Fighting in eastern Congo is often characterized by shifting short-term alliances between different armed groups keen to use instability to control land and resources.
These latest attacks underscore the inability of joint operations by UN peacekeepers and the Congolese army so far to protect civilians from the rebel groups. Kabila's government has vowed to bring the armed groups to heel.
In a speech to launch his re-election bid last month, Kabila said there were "no more fires in the east, only embers."
(Reporting by Crispin Kyalangalilwa and George Fominyen; Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Maria Golovnina)
World
United Nations
Congo
Tweet this
Link this
Share this
Digg this
Email
Reprints
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment on reuters.com.
Add yours using the box above.
Social Stream (What's this?)
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Back to top
Reuters.com
Business
Markets
World
Politics
Technology
Opinion
Money
Pictures
Videos
Site Index
Legal
Bankruptcy Law
California Legal
New York Legal
Securities Law
Support & Contact
Contact Us
Advertise With Us
Connect with Reuters
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
RSS
Podcast
Newsletters
Mobile
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider
An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution
A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance
Our next generation legal research platform
Our global tax workstation
Thomsonreuters.com
About Thomson Reuters
Investor Relations
Careers
Contact Us
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.