sources: Digital Congo, AllAfrica, IRIN
October 4 2004
-Uganda, Rwanda and the DRCongo have designed a trilateral mechanism on how to handle problems regarding the security situation in the Great Lakes region. The mechanism was reached at a meeting held in New York and facilitated by the USA.
October 5 2004
-India and Pakistan are preparing to quickly deploy some 1700 soldiers to Congo after the Security Council moved to bolster the UN peacekeeping operation there with an infusion of troops to conduct a range of new tasks, including protecting civilians from violence and enforcing the arms embargo in the east. Developed countries were solicited for troop contributions, but there has as yet been no response, UN officials said.
October 8 2004
-The International Criminal Court and the DRCongo signed an accord allowing the court to begin investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Congo.
October 14 2004
-Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno visits the Congo after the Security Council approved earlier this month an additional 5900 troops for the MONUC - a figure that fell far short of the increase recommended by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. There are currently some 10 800 troops, military observers and civilian police serving with MONUC, but of those only around 50 come from Europe.
October 18 2004
-President Joseph Kabila began his first visit as head of state to Kisangani in the province of Oriental. He will also visit other former rebel-held areas in the east and places like Kindu, Bukavu, etc.
October 22 2004
-People's Armed Forces of Cong (FAPC) combatants under the command of General Jerome Kakwavu tortured 24 civilians and killed 6 of them, according to Human Rights Watch. Operating in Ituri, the armed group has so far remained outside the peace process that has brought other rebels into a transitional government.
October 24 2004
-Human Rights Watch has accused Uganda of continued involvement in eastern Congo.
October 25 2004
-Last week the second regional preparatory meeting for the International Conference on the Great Lakes, to be held in Dar es Salaam on November 20, was held in Kinshasa. In Dar es Salaam there will be a Summit of heads of state of 11 countries of the region to hammer out a pact of stability, security and development.
November 8 2004
-Approximately 3260 Congolese and a number of UN troops began deploying to Walungu territory (South Kivu) to sensitise foreign armed groups to abide by a disarmement process. But Rwandan rebels based in eastern Congo have warned they would resist any attempt to forcibly disarm them.
November 15 2004
-UN Staff are investigating reports that civilians are being armed in North Kivu. Many sources agree that there was a distribution of arms to civilians in the Masisi in mid-October organised by the local governor's office.
November 19 2004
-Heads of state from countries in and around the Great Lakes region are taking part in a two day conference about stability and development in Dar es Salam. They are expected to sign a common declaration for peace in the region.
November 22 2004
-Ambassadors of the 15-member UN Security Council are visiting the Great Lakes region. During a meeting with them in Kigali, president Kagame and the Council members failed to strike a balance on a UN-proposed mthod of voluntarily repatriating the Hutu rebels.
November 24 2004
-President Kagame's adviser Richard Sezibera has said Rwanda was keeping its options open regarding possible military interventions in Congo. As reaction, the MONUC director said the international community will not stand idly by if Rwanda launches attacks inside Congo against Hutu rebels.
November 26 2004
-Fears of new fighting escalated last week following a rash of accusations between Uganda, Rwanda and Congo over the training and arming of rebels operating in eastern Congo.
November 30 2004
-Rwanda has sent thousands of troops into Congo, a Western diplomat in Congo has told the Associated Press on condition of anonimity. MONUC however said they had no evidence of such an incursion.
-Congo will send up to 10 000 soldiers to its eastern province of North Kivu to contain Rwandan agression on the border.
December 1 2004
-Rwandan troops have killed at least 12 civilians in an attack on the town of Bukumbirwa in North Kivu.
-As the spectre of renewed conflict between Congo and Rwanda grows daily, thousands of civilians have begun fleeing parts of North Kivu, specially Masisi, Lubero and Walikale territories.
-The European Union has warned Rwanda against any thrust into the Congo and condemned any violation of that country's sovereignty.
December 2 2004
-Expressing deep concern, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Rwanda should not interrupt the Congo's political transition by fighting against Hutu in Congo.
-An analyst on the Great Lakes for the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa said that what is important is that the RCD still controls eastern Congo and that its allegiance is to Rwanda.
December 10 2004
-Confidential UN documents seen by the BBC say Rwanda maintains military control over parts of eastern Congo. The alleged control - which Rwanda denies - is through proxy Congolese forces used by Rwanda.
December 11 2004
-Key financiers including the EU, UN and the US and Sweden meeting in the Rwandan capital side-stepped a decision on whether to cut aid in the event of unilateral military action by Kigali.
December 13 2004
-Fresh clashes have erupted between the Congolese army and the Rwandan-backed rebels in eastern Congo. DRC government troops were trying to recapture the town of Kanyabayonga which is under control of the rebels.
December 16 2004
-Congo has replaced its army commander Obedi Rwibasira in North Kivu, following days of fighting between government troops and rebel units. The new Commander Gabriel Amisi, and a delegation of politicians headed to the region to try to negotiate an end to the clashes.
December 17 2004
-Renegate soldiers fighting the Congolese army have received weapons and support from neighbouring countries, UN officials has said, suggesting that Rwanda is fuelling the conflict in the Congo.
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