Sources: Le Soir, De Standaard, allAfrica.com, AfricaInfodoc
August 29 2000
- .Kemal Morjane, the Head of the UN observer mission in Congo, communicated that President Kabila has permitted on August 24 the deployment of UN troops in Kinshasa, Kisangani, Mbandaka and Kananga.
-Kabila wants to negotiate the Lusaka peace accord again and directly with Uganda, Ruanda and Burundi. But they are not disposed to discuss with Kabila changing the Lusaka agreement.
August 30 2000
-Four members of the civil society in Bukavu are arrested on a charge of the attack that has taken place at the market of Bukavu, by which13 people were killed and 50 injured. Congolese civilians are sure that the attack was committed by Ruandan military. The four people were just appointed members of the Assemblee Constituante, recently instituted by the government.
August 31 2000
-The Ugandan army, the UPDF has killed 60 Congolese civilians in Beni, a city in North Kivu. These civilians had risen against the Ugandan occupation of Congo. They had attacked the Ugandan army camp casting boulders and using machetes.
There is said that Ugandan general James Kazini is giving military exercises to a group that has separated oneself from the rebel movement of Wamba dia Wamba. The leader of this group is Mbusa Nyamwisi.
September 1 2000
-The Assemblee Constituante rejected the Lusaka peace accord. In the meantime, the special UN envoy, Abdul Abubakar, says that he had some good conversations with the belligerents.
-Kabila has reshuffled his government. Beside the re-appointment of many former members there are some surprising new appointments: ex-Mobutu general Likulia (Enterprises) and ex-Mobutu-fellow Dominique Sakombi (Communication).
September 6 2000
-In New York takes place the so-called UN Millennium Summit of the World Leaders. One of the issues will be the Congo war. At the latest session of the UN Security Council in June the Council failed to adopt the resolution for persecution of Museveni and Kagame because of the destruction of Kisangani by their armies. They were only summoned to pay for the caused damage.
-The Congolese human rights organisation ASADHO reports that the rebel movement RCD, Ruanda and Uganda are committing human rights violations on a large scale.
According to the Congolese journal La Reference Plus 300 people were killed from August 18 and 24 by Ruandan military in South-Kivu near Shabundu. At that time Ruanda was trying to conquer Lulingu, a place that was defended by the Mai-Mai. After the failure of their offensive the Ruandans destroyed several villages near mining centre Lulingu.
September 8 2000
-With a view to its operations in Congo the Ugandan government recently chartered two Russian aircrafts, an Iljoesjin 76 and an Antonov 12. The aircrafts, belonging to Aviation Resource Management Services in Nairobi, make flights to camps of the Ugandan occupations troops in Gbadolite, Gemena, Isiro and Buta.
September 11 2000
-Rebel leader Bemba says that he recaptured the city of Dongo in Equateur. He claims to have killed 43 government soldiers.
Fighting take also place in North-Kivu near Butembo.
September 12 2000
-The Mbuji Mayi diamond mine MIBA, property of the Congolese government, produced during August 704 087,5 karats. (A quantity that exceeds the productions of the last 3 years). According to the Centre National d'Expertise diamonds have been sold to a Belgian businessman for an amount of $ 10,013 million. An Israeli company controls the Congolese diamond trade.
September 14 2000
-At the international Anti-Personnel Mines Campaign meeting in Brussels a survey of the results of the campaign against landmines was presented. From 1999 to half 2000 anti-personnel mines have been used in Congo by Ruandan and Ugandan military - among other places in Kisangani -, although Uganda and Ruanda have acceded the Anti-Personnel Mine Treaty.
- In Gbadolite the MLC of Bemba formed a joint military command with the Ugandan UPDF to chase Kabila in united action.
-Archbishop Kataliko has returned to Bukavu after a 7-months banishment by the RCD.
-The government army pretends to have killed 93 Ruandan soldiers in the region of Walikale (South-Kivu). It is said that afterwards the Ruandans set in fire the village of Malembe, by which 43 civilians have died.
-The war in Congo has caused 1,8 million refugees and displaced people, according to the UN.
- Belgian entrepreneur George Forrest intends to take a great cobalt mining investment in cooperation with the Gecamines and the American company OMG. Cobalt is useful for the aeronautics and the mobile telephone.
September 15 2000
-Kabila insisted on the Assemblee Constituante setting up a commission to contact the rebels. The commission will be consist of 3 persons including 2 former rebel leaders, Ngangura and Olongo.
September 16 2000
-The rebel movements MLC and RCD-ML reject the proposal to negotiate with Kabila.
September 17 2000
-The Congolese government prohibits the emission of 8 private TV/ broadcasting stations, among others RKTM and AntennA.
-UN High Commissioner for the Human Rights Mary Robinson intends to visit Congo in the beginning of October. She will talk to Kabila, his ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Human Rights and also with some Congolese human rights organisations.
September 19 2000
-In Pretoria an international diamond trade meeting takes place attended by twenty countries, like South Africa, Russia, Sierra-Leone, DRC, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Belgium, the USA, Zambia and the UK. The purpose of this meeting is to find out a system against the illegal diamond trade. The resolutions of this meeting must be accepted later on by the UN.
-The UN Security Council prolongs the mandate of MONUC by 2 months.
September 28 2000
-The UDPF is training some hundred Congolese rebels in Uganda. The military quarters of this training are held secret, but the military training schools of Singo and Kabamba in Central Uganda are probably involved. After the training these rebels will be sent back to the rebel army of Wamba dia Wamba. The training also includes education in politics and law and order.
September 29 2000
-Kabila requires the withdrawal of the Ugandan, Ruandan and Burundian armies and rejects Masire, whom he finds prejudiced, as mediator. Now, he is discussing these items with colleagues of neighbour countries like Dos Santos and Mbeki.
-More than 100 000 Congolese have fled to Brazzaville because of the war in Equateur.
-MLC rebel leader Bemba says he wants to conquer capital city Kinshasa. He claims government aircraft to have bombed the city of Gemena that caused the injury of 5 children.
-American Human Rights Ambassador John Scheffer made a journey in Africa. He reports that the war in Congo is one of the murderous wars of the last time and that it is least reported by the media.
October 4 2000
-Bishop Kataliko, who returned to Bukavu on September 14 after banishment by the RCD, has suddenly died during his visit in Rome.
October 5 2000
-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson declares that both the government and the rebel movements are committing grave human rights violations.
October 8 2000
-Mugabe accuses Uganda not keeping its promises and not withdrawing troops. He says that Ugandan soldiers together with Bemba rebels intend to conquer the city of Mbandaka on the way to Kinshasa.
-This week a summit of Southern Africa countries takes place in Namibia to discuss the Congo war.
October 9 2000
-At the summit in Namibia the leaders of Namibia, Angola and Zimbabwe say to be ready to defend Mbandaka against the attacks of the MLC. Kabila agrees with the deployment of 5500 UN troops.
Zimbabwe has meanwhile reduced its air force troops by 75%.
October 10 2000
-In Beijing, the capital of China, an African-Chinese summit takes place, by which 44 African countries are present. China wants to reinforce the economic relations with Africa.
October 11 2000
-A UN expert team is expected to arrive in Kinshasa to investigate illegal exploitation of Congolese minerals.
-Kabila replaced the diamond investigation centre Centre National d'Expertise by a new centre named Developpement des Diamants Congolais. The DDC that will dedicate to the valuation of diamond, gold and other minerals should also counter fraud.
-The rebel movement RCD-Goma hold a meeting with Mobutu's son Nsanga Mobutu.
-Human Rights Watch reports the arrest of 13 human rights activists in Bukavu.
October 13 2000
-In Kinshasa is auctioned a giant diamond of 265,85 karats. This diamond, valued at $ 20 million, is owned by Alphonse Ngoy, president of the Congolese gold and diamond operators (FECODI) in Mbuji Mayi. The authorities of the Kasai province want the sale of the diamond being advancing the development of their province. Finally the diamond has been sold for $17,9 million for the profit of the German company Omari Oil Company.
-Special UN Human Rights Rapporteur Roberto Garreton condemned the arrest of members of nongovernmental organisations in South-Kivu. It concerns 15 people who are apprehended after talks they had with UN woman Mary Robinson.
October 15 2000
-The fighting in East-Kasai and Katanga has started again. The Chief of Staff of the Ruandan army reports that 80 soldiers were dead during the clashes.
-UN World Food Program declares that 16 million people in the DRC are suffering from food shortage. Two million people are in a critical stage.
There are 1,8 million Congolese refugees or displaced persons because of the war.
October 16 2000
-In Maputo (Mozambique) a summit of South African leaders takes place under the leadership of South-African president Mbeki. The leaders of Uganda, Ruanda, Zimbabwe, Congo, Angola and Namibia agree their forces to be withdrawn from the actual position by 15 km.
-The Congolese government has taken proceeds at the World Court in The Hague on account of the warrant against DRC Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerodia Ndombasi issued by Belgian Attorney General.
October 20 2000
-A follow-up of the summit in Maputo (10-16-00) takes place. This time, the Ministers of four involved countries are talking how to elaborate the withdrawal of their troops.
October 25 2000
-Special UN rapporteur Roberto Garreton gives a report to the UN General Assemblee about the situation in Congo. The Congolese government is accused of violations against the freedom of speech, arbitrary arrests, political detentions etc. Garreton calls the Congo war an imported war. He also accuses Ruanda, Uganda and Burundi of great human rights violations and of the plundering of Congolese resources.
October 26 2000
-European Parliament accepted a Resolution strengthening the rules for government's aid to states involved in military conflicts. The Resolution concerns specially the Great Lakes Region. Aid and debt relief should be dependent - next good governance, human rights and law - on respect of territorial integrity of neighbour states.
Besides, the Resolution calls on a general arms embargo for the Great Lakes Region, on international control of the diamond trade and on combating of illegal arms traffic.
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