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Congo-Kinshasa: ICC Arrests Bemba Over War Crimes

CONGOLESE former rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba was arrested by Belgian authorities in Brussels on Saturday night on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for war crimes committed in the Central African Republic.

Bemba, the defeated contender in Congo's 2006 presidential elections, is accused by the ICC of leading Congolese rebels who waged a campaign of rape and torture in the Central African Republic in 2002 and 2003.
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Congo cancels Uganda border talks
By Frank Mugabi

CONGO has called off any immediate negotiations to try and resolve the fresh conflict over a disputed border area in West Nile. Officials from either side of the border were scheduled to hold a meeting in the area of contention in Vurra yesterday. But the Congolese withdrew at the eleventh hour after receiving orders from the capital, Kinshasa. 
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Fight Against Malaria Continues
World Malaria Day was celebrated in Kinshasa this Friday 25 April 2008 in the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by the DRC Ministry of Health and its national and international partners. A call was made for better partnership and coordination among the various actors in the fight against the epidemic, which kills thousands of Congolese every year.
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Hundreds Flee New Violence in Strife-Torn Region, UN Agency Says
Renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) North Kivu province today has forced the United Nations refugee agency to halt the distribution of aid to internally displaced persons and to call off a drive to register newly displaced people in the Rutshuru area.
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Dozens Feared Dead in Congo Plane Crash
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) — More than 70 people were killed when a Congolese domestic airliner taking off from the eastern city of Goma crashed into a crowded market district and caught fire, witnesses and officials said.
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