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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06KINSHASA379 |
CONGOLESE BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (U) Following a week-long conference from February 27-March 4, the Congolese National Episcopal Conference (CENCO) -- an influential political actor in the DRC -- issued a statement from the country's Catholic bishops on the state of political events in the DRC. In its message, CENCO deplored [...] |
2006-03-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA38 |
DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING [...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel), PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...] |
2006-01-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA380 |
WESTERN KASAI: CALM, BUT UNPREDICTABLE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and EconOff February 21-23 visited Kananga, the capital of Eastern Kasai province. During the visit, PolOff met with a variety of local political representatives and civil society actors to gauge the province's preparedness for national elections in 2006 and the potential f [...] |
2006-03-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA381 |
"ESCAPED" OPPOSITION LEADER TAKES REFUGE AT SOUTH [...] (SBU) Following a March 2 Supreme Court hearing regarding the legality of his detention, Pastor Ngoy, a minor but vocal opposition leader, managed to elude his police guard to take refuge at the South African embassy. He had been jailed at Kinshasa Central Prison since December 31 for "offendi [...] |
2006-03-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA382 |
OPERATION SOUTH SENTINEL ENDS WITH FARDC CONTROL [...] (SBU) Operation South Sentinel, a joint FARDC - MONUC mission against the FDLR in South Kivu (reftel), ended March 5 with 300-400 FDLR troops pushed out of the area and with government control established over Ekingi, Manga, and Chibiroro towns. The towns, all in the Bunyakiri area of South K [...] |
2006-03-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA383 |
RUBERWA MISSES THE POINT; NO PROGRESS ON MINEMBWE [...] (C) During a lengthy meeting March 3 PPRD officials (Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba, Presidential Chief of Staff Leonard She Okitundu, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba and Presidential Political Advisor Marcellin Shekembo) outlined for RCD Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and [...] |
2006-03-07 16:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA39 |
ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS NO TO UDPS DEMANDS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced January 7 that it would not reopen registration centers for the convenience of UDPS members who boycotted the registration process from June to December 2005. CEI Director Abbe Malu Malu noted that the time constraints of the electoral [...] |
2006-01-09 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA391 |
DRC'S MAIN MARITIME PORT IN DISORDER [...] (U) Trade via the DRC's main port of Matadi is becoming increasingly difficult, as a lack of resources and commitment has stalled rehabilitation projects. This assessment is based on information from ongoing contacts with port officials, business operators, and government officials. 2. (U [...] |
2006-03-08 16:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETRD EFIN CG |
| 06KINSHASA392 |
DRC'S INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel A. MARKET-BASED ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/TRADE BARRIERS --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) The DRC's development of a market-based economy is slowly progressing. The exchange rate has floated freely for three ye [...] |
2006-03-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AGOA CG |
| 06KINSHASA393 |
DRC: THE WORLD IS WATCHING [...] (SBU) The extraordinary visit of three United Nations (UN) agency heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the week of February 28 underscored the urgent need for support for the nation as it prepares for its first democratic elections in 40 years, and for the post-transition government [...] |
2006-03-08 16:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA398 |
DRC'S NEW LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. The successor to the Mobutu-era's single trade union has lost its place as the nation's leading labor organization to a better-organized, savvier competitor, the Confederation Syndicale du Congo (CSC). During a meeting with EconOff March 6, the CSC's president, Symphorien Dunia, [...] |
2006-03-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR CG |
| 06KINSHASA404 |
KASAIAN ECONOMY LACKS ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. The two Kasai provinces offer a clear example of the economic tragedy of the Congo, with fertile, diamond-studded soil juxtaposed with an impoverished population unable to pull themselves out of their economic despair. Western Kasai seems slightly more prosperous than Eastern Kas [...] |
2006-03-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN ELAB EAGR CG |
| 06KINSHASA405 |
EASTERN KASAI: UDPS FANS TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and EconOff conducted a two-day visit February 23-24 to Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of Eastern Kasai province. During the trip, emboffs met with a variety of local officials, political party representatives and MONUC staff to assess the political, economic and security situatio [...] |
2006-03-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA406 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE [...] (SBU) After several weeks of armed conflict north of Goma, MONUC now assesses the situation in North Kivu as "sensitive but under control." As of March 2, the insurgents who invaded Rutshuru (reftel) have completely vacated Chegerero, Jomba, Bunagana, and Runyoni and have retreated to temporar [...] |
2006-03-10 08:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA409 |
UDPS DEMONSTRATION ATTEMPT ENDS IN ARREST, MINOR [...] (SBU) The opposition UDPS party called for a March 10 march from Kinshasa's central train station to MONUC Headquarters reportedly to deliver a note addressed to visiting UN Deputy Secretary for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno. The UDPS failed to apply for a permit to march until March 8. Th [...] |
2006-03-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC ASEC CG |
| 06KINSHASA410 |
ELECTORAL LAW PROMULGATED; FIRST ROUND OF [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila signed the DRC's long-awaited electoral law the evening of March 8 and officially promulgated the document March 9. The electoral law lays out the conditions under which the DRC will hold its first national democratic elections in more than 40 years. With its promul [...] |
2006-03-10 12:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA411 |
ITURI: MILITIAS CONTINUE TO ATTACK FARDC POSITIONS [...] (C) According to MONUC officials, elements of the Patriotic Force for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia continue to attack positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) in Ituri District. Although Operation Ituri Engraver ceased activities over a week ago (reftel), FARDC and MONUC troops a [...] |
2006-03-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA422 |
UDPS OFFICIAL RELEASED FROM DETENTION [...] (C) Following his arrest March 10 during a demonstration in Kinshasa (reftel), Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) Secretary General Remy Masamba was released from police custody after being held for approximately two hours. Masamba told PolCouns March 11 he was treated "like a cele [...] |
2006-03-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA424 |
RUBERWA STILL MULLING WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) I met with Vice President Ruberwa at his residence late Monday morning, March 13, to discuss the ongoing debate about his and his party,s (RCD-Goma) status in the Transition and electoral process. Only Ruberwa Chief of Staff Jean-Marie Emungu was also present, and Emungu confined himself [...] |
2006-03-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA431 |
INTERIOR MINISTER MBEMBA: NO MINEMBWE TERRITORY [...] (SBU) In a March 9 press conference, DRC Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba claimed there were administrative reasons why Minembwe could not be an authorized territory, as has been advocated by RCD chief and Vice President Azerias Ruberwa (reftels). First, according to Mbemba, it is the Presi [...] |
2006-03-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA434 |
DRC SIGNS OPIC INVESTMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT [...] (U) The GDRC has signed the Investment Incentive agreement between the U.S. and the DRC. The agreement is dated December 23, 2005, although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs returned the agreement to EconOff March 9, 2006. The Secretary General of Foreign Affairs and International SIPDIS Coo [...] |
2006-03-14 16:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD BEXP PREL KTIA CG |
| 06KINSHASA435 |
ITURI: FARDC AND MONUC SEAL OFF BUNIA FROM MILITIAS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), with support from MONUC peacekeepers, have sealed off Bunia to prevent the infiltration of militia forces into the city. Following the cessation of Operation Ituri Engraver (reftels), militias have continued sporadic attacks against the FARDC and MONUC [...] |
2006-03-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA439 |
DRC: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: In the almost three years since the Global and Inclusive Accord was implemented with the installation of a transitional government, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has done much to improve the country's investment climate. While there is still much more to do, the pacifica [...] |
2006-03-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV |
| 06KINSHASA44 |
GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MINOR OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (SBU) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, an opposition gadfly and self-proclaimed presidential candidate, was arrested December 29. His arrest came one day after he filed a motion with the Supreme Court to cancel the results of the December 18 referendum due to his (comment: unsubstantiated) claim that P [...] |
2006-01-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA440 |
ARE DIAMONDS STILL THE KASAIS' BEST FRIENDS? [...] (C) Summary. The Eastern and Western Kasai provinces produce the majority of exported diamonds in the DRC, although official statistics underreport production and overreport value. Artisanal mining dominates the sector in both provinces. Although the majority of production is currently industr [...] |
2006-03-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA442 |
FARDC BEGINS REINFORCING TROOPS IN ITURI [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) have begun transferring elements of the 2nd Integrated Brigade in Beni to Bunia to assist existing FARDC troops in their fight against militia forces. According to MONUC-Bunia Head of Office Sharouh Sharif, more than 700 new FARDC troops have arrived in [...] |
2006-03-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA443 |
USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND [...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...] |
2006-03-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG |
| 06KINSHASA444 |
OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit tourneeto in eastern DRC in February of 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. 2. (U) Traveling to first to Kitutu, in [...] |
2006-03-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA446 |
OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA, [...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have appearedare present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga Province province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai -Mai milit [...] |
2006-03-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF CG |
| 06KINSHASA447 |
CHINESE ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) During a February 21-24 visit to Western and Eastern Kasai by EconOff and PolOff, the Chinese ambassador to the DRC, Fan Zhenshui, also visited the region. According to MONUC and other sources in the provinces, the Chinese ambassador met with a variety of local business and political leade [...] |
2006-03-16 06:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EMIN ECON CG CH |
| 06KINSHASA450 |
OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA, [...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai Mai militia, and have to date re [...] |
2006-03-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF CG |
| 06KINSHASA451 |
USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND [...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...] |
2006-03-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG |
| 06KINSHASA452 |
OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit to eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. Traveling first to Kitutu, in southern South Kivu, the USA [...] |
2006-03-16 12:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA457 |
RCD-GOMA DEBATES CONTINUE [...] (C) A delegation of CIAT Ambassadors, including UN SRSG Swing and the European Commission, Canadian, British, and American Chiefs of Mission, met with Vice President Ruberwa Thursday evening for about an hour and a half to discuss the ongoing debate about RCD-Goma's status and continuing parti [...] |
2006-03-17 11:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA459 |
LEADING MLC POLITICIAN OPTS FOR INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) party suffered a second high-profile defection March 15 when Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe Mwamba announced that he would run for election as an independent candidate, and resigned from the MLC and from his ministerial po [...] |
2006-03-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA460 |
TSHISEKEDI REMAINS DISSATISFIED WITH ELECTORAL [...] (U) Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), told several hundred party supporters March 14 that his party will participate in national elections, but only if the electoral process is "credible" and "fair." Tshisekedi said during a rally at UD [...] |
2006-03-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA461 |
DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) The GDRC Avian Influenza Commission (reftel) met on March 16 at WHO headquarters in Kinshasa, chaired by Minister of Agriculture Constant Ndom Nda Ombel, and reviewed developments in the DRC since the last meeting. The commission reiterated its call for USD 66 million to combat Highly Pat [...] |
2006-03-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG |
| 06KINSHASA467 |
GUEHENNO ASSESSES DRC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (U) UN Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno completed his 9-day visit to the DRC with a press briefing March 15, urging the Congolese and their political leaders to continue moving towards free and democratic elections. Guehenno, on his fifth trip to DRC with [...] |
2006-03-20 17:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA470 |
N. KIVU GOVERNOR POLITICAL POSITIONING [...] (C) During a February 28 dinner in Goma (North Kivu Province) Governor Eugene Serufuli asserted to the Ambassador his confidence about the electoral future of North Kivu. Serufuli indicated that he has been coordinating with President Kabila and his staff, ostensibly regarding handling of the [...] |
2006-03-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA474 |
UDPS RECEIVES AUTHORIZATION FOR MARCH 22 [...] (U) The opposition party Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) received authorization March 20 from the Governor of Kinshasa to hold a peaceful march in Kinshasa March 22. The UDPS plans to march in the city's central district and deliver a letter at MONUC headquarters for SYG Kofi An [...] |
2006-03-21 16:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA476 |
DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NO CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) DRC Minister of Agriculture N'dom Nda Ombel announced March 16 that there were three suspected outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the DRC (reftel). Ombel released a communique today stating that the first samples from those outbreaks, sent to South Africa for testing, have [...] |
2006-03-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG |
| 06KINSHASA477 |
UDPS HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN KINSHASA [...] (U) As announced (reftel), the opposition party Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) March 22 held a peaceful demonstration in central Kinshasa. By late morning, approximately 700 UDPS supporters had gathered at Kinshasa's central train station. A portion of this group marched to MON [...] |
2006-03-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA478 |
ITURI: INSECURITY ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District is worsening as various militia groups continue their attacks on the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and MONUC troops. Elements of the Patriotic Front for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) and the Congolese Revolutionary Mov [...] |
2006-03-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA481 |
MILITARY SITUATION IN THE KASAIS: STABLE, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: During a February 21-24 visit to Western and Eastern Kasai provinces, PolOff met with a variety of local political actors (reftels) and with the commanders of the DRC's 4th and 5th Military Regions. Neither province has been subject to violence and militia activity as have the DRC' [...] |
2006-03-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA485 |
KOFI ANNAN'S VISIT TO DRC CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Continuing to promote the international theme of a steady march toward peaceful elections and conflict-free governmental transition, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan completed his two-day trip to Kinshasa and left for Kisangani the morning of March 23. During his meetings with DRC [...] |
2006-03-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA488 |
GDRC TERMS UGANDAN THREAT TO INTERVENE [...] (U) Summary: Press reports suggesting Uganda's possible intent unilaterally to pursue Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) militants into Congolese territory provoked a pointed response from the GDRC. The Ugandan charge was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 22 March where he was told by F [...] |
2006-03-24 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA489 |
ELECTIONS UPDATE: KABILA, BEMBA REGISTER, [...] (U) Summary: Incumbent President Joseph Kabila officially registered March 23 as an independent candidate in the DRC's upcoming democratic elections. Vice Presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba (MLC) and Z'ahidi Ngoma (political opposition) had already registered on March 21 and 22, respectively. Vice [...] |
2006-03-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA490 |
TROUBLING DEVELOPMENTS IN ITURI [...] (C) Both MONUC Head of Office Sharu Sharif and Ituri District Commissioner Petronelle Vaweka told PolCouns March 22 that the militia group MRC, under the leadership of Peter Karim, is planning to attack Bunia. The MRC has augmented its numbers by recruiting disgruntled ex-combatants who have no [...] |
2006-03-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA493 |
ELECTIONS UPDATE: RUBERWA IS IN, TSHISEKEDI STILL [...] (C) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa (president of the Rally for Congolese Democracy, RCD) confirmed March 26 that he and his party will take part in upcoming elections, despite previous threats to boycott the remainder of the transition or elections, or both (ref). He told PolCouns that the list [...] |
2006-03-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA494 |
ELECTIONS UPDATE: RUBERWA IS IN, TSHISEKEDI STILL [...] (C) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa (president of the Rally for Congolese Democracy, RCD) confirmed March 26 that he and his party will take part in upcoming elections, despite previous threats to boycott the remainder of the transition or elections, or both (ref). He told PolCouns that the list [...] |
2006-03-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA504 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IMPASSE LIKELY SOLVED [...] (C) The question of who should preside over the National Assembly, Olivier Kamitatu or Thomas Luhaka, may have been resolved. The two met March 28 in a discussion facilitated by President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda, and they reached an agreement on key issues underpinning Kami [...] |
2006-03-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA505 |
UDPS MEMBER ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Eve Bazaiba, member of the UDPS Founders and so-called Director of the party (in charge of recruitment and social programs) registered March 23 as an independent presidential candidate. Her decision prompted party leader Etienne Tshisekedi to hold a meeting over the weekend with the Founde [...] |
2006-03-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA509 |
IDPS INSECURE AND HUNGRY IN NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] Summary: As part of UNHCR's Country Operations 2007 planning session for donors, a field mission to Katanga province was conducted March 14-16. This trip gave donors an opportunity to view firsthand the current state of affairs, infrastructure, political climate and security concerns. The [...] |
2006-03-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA516 |
DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...] |
2006-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG |
| 06KINSHASA517 |
DRC: DEAMRCHE ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 27 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 29. Poloff reminded Djoli of previously pledged Congolese support for U.S. candidate to the International Narcotics Control Board Melvyn Levitsky, and D [...] |
2006-03-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR AORC UN CG |
| 06KINSHASA527 |
Office of Transition Initiatives' Wendy Henning [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Program Manager, Wendy Henning visited the DRC from March 12 - March 27, 2006. The purpose of this visit was to assist with closeout activities and the smooth handover of CTO and other management responsibilities to the Mission. Ms. Henn [...] |
2006-04-04 06:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CG |
| 06KINSHASA528 |
A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH DRC VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting, DRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa provided an overview of current Congolese developments remarkably similar to that given earlier in the day by President Kabila (ref). He emphasized that despite last-minute complications, the electoral process is ir [...] |
2006-04-04 07:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR EFIN CG |
| 06KINSHASA544 |
KAMITATU DECIDES TO ABIDE BY SUPREME COURT RULING [...] (U) In a carefully worded statement, Olivier Kamitatu announced April 3 that he will "abide by" the February Supreme Court decision requiring him to abandon his post as President of the National Assembly so that he "does not constitute an obstacle" to the business of the Assembly in the months [...] |
2006-04-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA547 |
CANDIDATE REGISTRATION ENDS; UDPS TO BOYCOTT [...] (U) Summary: Candidate registration for the DRC's national presidential and legislative elections ended April 2, with the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) validating 32 dossiers for president. The CEI also received 8,650 applications for legislative candidates for the country's 500 Natio [...] |
2006-04-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA549 |
FOOD SECURITY REPORT: USAID/FFP DEMOCRATIC [...] KAMPALA-BASED REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) OFFICER TRAVELED FEBRUARY 5-22 TO KINSHASA, GOMA, BUNIA, BUKAVU, MOBA AND KALEMIE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO EVALUATE FOOD SECURITY CONDITIONS AND MONITOR PARTNERS' IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COUNTRY. 2. IN EASTERN DRC, THE SECURITY SITUATION [...] |
2006-04-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF CG |
| 06KINSHASA56 |
FARDC-MAI MAI FIGHTING FORCES 30,000 TO FLEE [...] (SBU) Despite recent media reports of up to 125,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province, the number of people who have fled their homes since mid-November is actually about 30,000. According to Anne Edgerton, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa [...] |
2006-01-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA562 |
NEW IDPS IN ITURI [...] (U) Summary. A group of approximately 13,000 new IDPs fleeing fighting between FARDC forces and a local militia in southern Ituri have arrived in Cantonnier, 18 kilometers southeast of Bunia. Emergency humanitarian needs have largely been addressed, though more IDPs continue to arrive every d [...] |
2006-04-10 17:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA566 |
DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- -The DRC?s IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program lapsed March 31, without going to a sixth review. -The GDRC widened its ban on the import of poultry products. -Employees of Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC) objected to the parastatal?s new partnersh [...] |
2006-04-11 17:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAGR EAIR ETRD PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA572 |
TWO PEACEKEEPING BATTALIONS IDENTIFIED FOR KATANGA [...] (SBU) In order to address the security situation in the northern and central Katanga province (reftels), MONUC has identified two battalions for near-term deployment. The first, a contingent of Pakistani peacekeepers, Jordanian medical officers, and 50 military observers currently assigned t [...] |
2006-04-12 17:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG BU |
| 06KINSHASA573 |
KABILA'S MILITARY STATUS CLARIFIED [...] (U) The debate over President Kabila's military status has been clarified following the publication of an official government decree accepting Kabila's voluntary resignation from the Congolese Army. The decree, signed March 15 by Kabila himself, was not made public until it appeared in the Apr [...] |
2006-04-12 17:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA574 |
ITURI UPDATE: MONUC MAY REVIEW ITS RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Senior MONUC military officials are expressing frustration regarding joint Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC)-MONUC military operations in Ituri. Faced with logistical roadblocks impeding the FARDC's ability to respond quickly to situations and the general unprofessionalism of the Co [...] |
2006-04-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA575 |
DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 8,300 APPROVED TO RUN FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 12 that 8,340 dossiers have been validated from candidates running for seats in the 500-member National Assembly. The CEI received 9,797 candidacies nationwide; the remaining 1,457 dossiers are still being reviewed by the CEI. Thos [...] |
2006-04-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA576 |
NEW IDPS IN ITURI [...] (U) Summary. Approximately 13,000 new IDPs fleeing fighting between FARDC forces and local militia in southern Ituri have arrived in Cantonnier, 18 kilometers southeast of Bunia. Emergency humanitarian needs have largely been addressed, though more IDPs continue to arrive every day. Prospects [...] |
2006-04-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA58 |
CONSTITUTION APPROVED; PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced January 11 that Congolese voters approved the DRC's new constitution by a margin of 84 percent to 16 percent. The CEI said that 62 percent of the DRC's 25 million voters participated in the December 18 re [...] |
2006-01-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA583 |
DRC: DEMARCHES ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 13 talking points and letter from Secretary Rice (reftel A) to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Matondo said he welcomed the clarification of the USG vote against the creation of the [...] |
2006-04-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PHUM KUNR CG |
| 06KINSHASA584 |
WFP ACTS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER IN NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] Summary: Although severely underfunded and facing huge logistical challenges, the World Food Program (WFP) is racing to feed internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province. The first WFP airdrops of food outside of Sudan in eight years began April 5, with more Katanga-focu [...] |
2006-04-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV EAID CG |
| 06KINSHASA586 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...] |
2006-04-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF |
| 06KINSHASA587 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...] |
2006-04-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF |
| 06KINSHASA589 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...] |
2006-04-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF |
| 06KINSHASA592 |
A/S FRAZER VISITS TRIPARTITE PLUS FUSION CELL [...] (U) A/S for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on April 4 during a brief stopover in Kisangani visited the Tripartite Plus Fusion Cell (TFC), where she received a general briefing on the work of TFC participants. Along with Ambassador Meece and SRSG William Swing, the A/S visited the USG-funded fu [...] |
2006-04-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PINR CG |
| 06KINSHASA593 |
POLITICAL PLURALISM ON DISPLAY IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) During an April 12-17 visit to North Kivu, PolCouns visited and passed through villages small and large in Rutshuru and Masisi territories. Even in the smallest villages -- in some cases comprising only a few families and about 30 people -- the flags of various political parties were on di [...] |
2006-04-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA60 |
HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE CABLE FOR CONSULAR EQUIPMENT [...] EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND INVENTORIED BY POST. THE SHIPMENT WAS COMPLETE AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED. 2. POST HAS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING MALFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT FROM INVENTORY AND IS RETURNING IT TO CA/EX/CSD(USE ITEM NO. AND DESCRIPTION FROM PACKING LIST OR SHIPPING CABLE):GATEWAY [...] |
2006-01-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AMGT AADP |
| 06KINSHASA600 |
ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE LIST OF [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 15 the final and definitive list of presidential candidates. Following its review of more than 40 challenges to the list, the Supreme Court added the name of one independent candidate who had previously failed to provide copies of [...] |
2006-04-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA607 |
DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 9,500 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 17 that 9,587 candidates have been provisionally approved to run for the 500-seat National Assembly. The CEI rejected 312 candidates for not conforming with the DRC's electoral law. On April 12, the CEI published a list of 8,340 a [...] |
2006-04-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA612 |
NORTH KIVU: MAI MAI AND RENEGADE SOLDIERS [...] (C) During an April 12-17 trip to Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu PolCouns had a chance to meet with some Mai Mai elements near Walikale, including a new figure, Colonel Morph, and also to talk with the troublesome Colonel Smith. Four Mai Mai leaders, having evidently heard that [...] |
2006-04-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL CG |
| 06KINSHASA619 |
NORTH KIVU: CONGOLESE TUTSIS SAY NKUNDA, RUBERWA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-18 trip to North Kivu, PolCouns had the chance to speak at length with several Congolese Tutsis (businessmen, soldiers, bureaucrats, farmers) on a variety of subjects of interest to them. Particularly important to this group were the presence in North Kivu of [...] |
2006-04-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR CG |
| 06KINSHASA620 |
KABILA INTERVIEW MARKS BEGINNING OF PUBLIC IMAGE [...] (U) Summary: In a rare print interview published in the April 9 edition of "Jeune Afrique Intelligent," President Kabila presented himself as the "candidate of the people" and claimed he will win the presidency in the DRC's forthcoming elections. Kabila held forth on a variety of topics, inclu [...] |
2006-04-19 15:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA623 |
SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SHABUNDA [...] (U) In general, security and humanitarian access have significantly improved in Shabunda and Mwenga territories over the past few years. Long-term security issues in these territories are caused by the activities of dissident Mai Mai groups rather than the actions of the FDLR. Particularly si [...] |
2006-04-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA629 |
NORTH KIVU: STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN RUTSHURU [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-13 trip through remote areas in North Kivu, Emboff witnessed firsthand the difficult reality of integrated FARDC troops in their pursuit of FDLR elements. While this particular FARDC brigade seemed well-supplied and in good spirits, the obstacles faced by the [...] |
2006-04-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL CG |
| 06KINSHASA630 |
DRC ELECTIONS: WHEN DOES THE CAMPAIGN REALLY BEGIN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Confusion reigns, even within the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) itself, as to the proper interpretation of when the "official" presidential campaign period should begin. At least two different intepretations, based on two contradictory clauses of the Electoral Law, ha [...] |
2006-04-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA631 |
ITURI UPDATE: NEW ANTI-MILITIA CAMPAIGN IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) are making final preparations for a new anti-militia campaign in Ituri District. While no date for the operation has been set, MONUC commanders believe fighting will begin soon. Meanwhile, militia forces of the Congolese Revolutionary [...] |
2006-04-20 16:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA638 |
UNHCR WILL DEPLOY STAFF TO NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to begin deploying staff for long- term assignment to the North and Central Katanga villages of Mitwaba and Dubie on April 22. UNHCR, in cooperation with Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF), will begin registration of in [...] |
2006-04-24 11:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA640 |
ITURI UPDATE: MONUC, FARDC ADVANCE ON MILITIAS [...] (C) According to internal reports from MONUC's Eastern Division military headquarters, MONUC forces conducted joint operations with the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) April 21-23 to seize several towns in Ituri District from militia control. The recent operations were meant to prepare the gro [...] |
2006-04-24 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA643 |
GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT [...] (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and aske [...] |
2006-04-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA651 |
MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FARDC MUTINEERS [...] (U) The military court of Ituri District rendered its verdict against 27 of the commandos of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) who mutinied during a anti-militia operation March 1 (reftel). The court sentenced ten of the mutineers to 20 years in prison, while one received a sentence of 15 yea [...] |
2006-04-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA653 |
OFDA FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM IN SHABUNDA AND [...] (U) Over 100,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and returnees in Shabunda and Mwenga have been receiving USAID/OFDA food security assistance since 2003. The program has helped returnees in the southern parts of these territories reestablish their agricultural activities. The program has ha [...] |
2006-04-27 07:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF CG |
| 06KINSHASA656 |
DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUBSCRIBING TO HCOC [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel talking points and non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC shares USG concerns about the spread of ballistic missiles and their associated technologies. Djoli pointed out, however, that the DRC does not p [...] |
2006-04-27 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA |
| 06KINSHASA657 |
DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...] |
2006-04-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ |
| 06KINSHASA658 |
DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS [...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...] |
2006-04-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU |
| 06KINSHASA661 |
UPDF FORCES REPORTEDLY CLASH WITH LRA, FARDC [...] (C) MONUC Eastern Division commanders report that elements of the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) clashed April 26 with suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) near the DRC border post of Lasso (approximately 12 miles northeast of Aba). MONUC commanders also told PolOff that [...] |
2006-04-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG |
| 06KINSHASA676 |
DRC ELECTIONS: BALLOTS TO BE PRINTED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) The electoral commissions of the DRC and South Africa signed an agreement April 27 which will provide for the printing of the DRC's presidential and legislative electoral ballots in South Africa. The GRSA will fund the paper for the ballots as well as the transportation of the finished b [...] |
2006-04-28 12:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG SF |
| 06KINSHASA68 |
DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - USG debt relief for the DRC has been extended through March 2006. - The World Bank approved two grants totaling USD 215 million to support the implementation of the GDRC's economic program, reconstruction and rehabilitation. - A UN-organized audit of six Congo [...] |
2006-01-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN EAIR PGOV CG AID |
| 06KINSHASA681 |
DRC ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 30 [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission announced April 30 that the first round of presidential and legislative elections will be held July 30. During an evening press conference April 30 attended by PolOff, CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu said the vote was delayed from the previousl [...] |
2006-05-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA686 |
A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 4 meeting, North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli told A/S Frazer and the Ambassador that the biggest problems facing North Kivu were continued insecurity, a lack of economic progress, and the challenge of establishing a democratic culture. End summary. 2. (C) S [...] |
2006-05-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA696 |
ITURI UPDATE: FARDC SEIZES AMMUNITION CACHE, [...] (C) According to internal MONUC Eastern Division situation reports, elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) intercepted April 30 an illegal arms shipment destined for militias operating in Ituri District. MONUC security officials in Bunia had received reports from FARDC sources that a [...] |
2006-05-04 09:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA697 |
FDLR ACTIVITY MOUNTING [...] (C) In the volatile eastern Congo region, both North and South Kivu are once again facing unrest. MONUC sources report that recent combined operations against the FDLR have resulted in fifteen deaths, including eight civilians, six suspected FDLR militia members, and at least one FARDC sold [...] |
2006-05-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA698 |
ANGRY CITIZENS WANT ACTION AGAINST FDLR [...] (C) The airport in Bukavu was temporarily closed May 3 when about 500 residents of the town staged a demonstration on the road leading to the airport to protest perceived lack of action by either the Congolese military (FARDC) or the U.N. peacekeeping force (MONUC) against the FDLR, whose cont [...] |
2006-05-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CG |
| 06KINSHASA699 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: SENATOR ANATOLE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 2 with presidential aspirant, and current Senator, Anatole Matusila. Matusila is one of about a dozen serious candidates (among the 33 on the list) for the presidential post. A well-liked man, Matusila usually is characterized as "moral" and "honest," and bills himself as [...] |
2006-05-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA700 |
MONUC INVESTIGATES UPDF INCURSIONS INTO DRC [...] (C) Summary: Following the reported April 25 incursion of Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) troops into the DRC near Aba (reftel), MONUC dispatched a joint verification mission to the area to investigate. The MONUC team concluded that elements of the UPDF had infiltrated DRC territory, but [...] |
2006-05-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG |
| 06KINSHASA701 |
FINAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION OF THE TRANSITION [...] (C) Following weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations and deal making, the final plenary session of the National Assembly opened May 3, with Thomas Luhaka presiding as the new President of the Assembly. (Note: Luhaka was named in November 2005 by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba to replace Oli [...] |
2006-05-04 16:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA702 |
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BEMBA MILITIA AND [...] (C) There were some tense moments in Kinshasa April 29-May 1 as what began as a minor confrontation between elements of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC militia and President Kabila's "Presidential Guard," the GSSP, threatened to escalate. 2. (C) For the last several months Bemba has [...] |
2006-05-05 09:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR CG |
| 06KINSHASA703 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...] |
2006-05-05 09:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA704 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...] |
2006-05-05 09:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA705 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...] |
2006-05-05 09:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA706 |
ARCHBISHOP MONSENGWO CRITICIZES CEI FOR LACK OF [...] (U) Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), criticized the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for establishing a new electoral calendar (reftel) without first consulting the DRC's political actor [...] |
2006-05-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA711 |
SSR - BLOCKAGES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Little progress was made at the May 3 meeting of the Joint Commission on Security on key issues of improving military discipline and establishing a viable rhythm for integration and demobilization. SRSG Swing strongly cautioned the GDRC officials present that the already falteri [...] |
2006-05-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA720 |
DRC LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH POC [...] (U) Econcouns delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda on May 5. With Minister Kamanda was his counselor for science and technology, Professor Fortunat Lumu of the University of Kinshasa. Kamanda is the GDRC POC until mid-2006 elections for [...] |
2006-05-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER EAGR CG |
| 06KINSHASA721 |
ELEVEN CANDIDATES CALL FOR ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (U) A group of eleven mostly marginal presidential candidates has published a letter criticizing Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Committee (CEI), for "unilaterally" announcing July 30 as the DRC's election date. The letter's authors call for Malu Malu to be [...] |
2006-05-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA722 |
SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL MAKES KEY DECISIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a series of marathon meetings beginning May 6 and running through late evening May 8, the Supreme Defense Council, chaired by President Kabila and attended by senior GDRC officials, addressed serious shortcomings plaguing the FARDC, including human rights violations, and failur [...] |
2006-05-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA730 |
UNHCR BEGINS REGISTERING IDPS IN KATANGA [...] The UNHCR team that arrived in Mitwaba on April 25 (reftel A) began registering internally displaced persons (IDPs) on May 2. For the first time in the DRC, UNHCR is conducting individual registration -- long used in its work with refugees -- as a starting point for providing relief to IDPs. [...] |
2006-05-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID CG |
| 06KINSHASA747 |
MEMBERS OF MAI MAI LEADER GEDEON'S GROUP SURRENDER [...] (SBU) In a move which should reduce much of the tension in northern Katanga province, approximately 200 members of Mai Mai leader Gedeon's group surrendered to MONUC forces on May 6 and were taken to Lubumbashi. Of these, slightly more than half are reported to be militia troops, including chi [...] |
2006-05-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA762 |
ITURI UPDATE: FARDC, MONUC LAUNCH NEW ANTI-MILITIA [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), backed by MONUC peacekeepers, launched May 9 a new military operation in Ituri District with the aim of eliminating militias from the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) in Djugu territory near Lake Albert. Operation Ituri Ember, which is composed of [...] |
2006-05-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA763 |
DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 9 that it had received a first shipment of nearly 60 tons of voting material to be used in the DRC's July 30 elections. The elections kits, which were manufactured and delivered from South Africa, contain such items as voting booths, [...] |
2006-05-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA772 |
ITURI UPDATE: MILITIA ATTACK FARDC POSITIONS IN [...] (C) Militias believed to be associated with Peter Karim and the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) May 13-14 attacked positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) near the town of Nioka (approximately 50 miles northeast of Bunia). According to FARDC spokesman Capt. Olivier Mputu, the m [...] |
2006-05-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA777 |
ITURI UPDATE: OPERATION EMBER ENDS; FARDC [...] (C) MONUC Ituri Brigade Commander General Mahboob Haider Khan announced May 15 the end of Operation Ituri Ember, which had been launched May 9 to eliminate militia control in certain areas of Djugu territory in Ituri District (ref A). The operation, which General Mahboob said had been a success [...] |
2006-05-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO KDEM MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA780 |
BLUNTING BEMBA'S BITE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 14 with Air Force General John Numbi, who had just returned from heading a mission to seize arms and ammunition illegally stockpiled by VP Jean-Pierre Bemba in Bandaka. (Note: Per reftel, during the Supreme Defense Council meetings the weekend of May 6, Bemba was ordered t [...] |
2006-05-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR CG |
| 06KINSHASA783 |
ITURI UPDATE: FARDC CAPTURES NOTORIOUS MILITIA [...] (C) According to MONUC Head of Office Sharouh Sharif, soldiers from the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) on May 16 captured militia commander General Innocent Kayinga (code-named "Indian Queen"). Kayinga was a leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and one of the most wanted militia me [...] |
2006-05-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA785 |
EASTERN DRC VOTERS REJECT MONSENGWO'S CALL FOR NEW [...] (C) During a May 4-10 visit to several towns in eastern DRC, PolOff discovered strong disagreement to the appeal by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo to launch a new national political dialogue in order to achieve a "consensus" on the DRC's political calendar (ref A) -- if, in fact, such a dialogue [...] |
2006-05-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA788 |
ELECTIONS: ITURI POLITICS NOT YET IN FULL BLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to the open displays of political showmanship elsewhere in the DRC, Ituri District has yet to see much public electoral campaigning within its borders. Political parties freely operate in the region, but the practice of politics remains largely out of public view, as [...] |
2006-05-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA790 |
KABILA TO WED ON JUNE 4 [...] (U) Cardinal Frederic Etsou, the Archbishop of Kinshasa, announced during his May 14 sermon that President Joseph Kabila will marry his long-time partner, Marie-Olive Lembe, on June 4 (which will also mark Kabila's 35th birthday). Etsou said the ceremony will take place in the Sanctuary of Not [...] |
2006-05-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA793 |
ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...] |
2006-05-19 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA796 |
CONGO'S MARITIME PORTS: NEGLECTED TRANSPORT LINK? [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is likely to remain off the U.S. Coast Guard's "blacklist," following the second USCG visit to Congolese international maritime ports. Two USCG officers visited three of the DRC's eight listed international maritime ports May 1 and 2 to review security conditions and com [...] |
2006-05-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
| 06KINSHASA797 |
IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? [...] (U) DRC's physicians launched a general strike in public hospitals May 8, and are now providing only emergency services. The doctors' primary demands are a wage increase and the payment of salary arrears. 2. (U) April 28, Synamed, a physicians' union, advised the Health and Civil Service [...] |
2006-05-22 05:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
| 06KINSHASA800 |
ITURI UPDATE: FARDC-MONUC OPERATION RETAKES [...] (C) Elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), backed by MONUC peacekeepers, retook control of the Ituri town of Tchei (approximately 43 miles south of Bunia) May 21 during Operation Ituri Explorer. The operation, which was launched May 20 and included some 3,000 FARDC troops and 1,000 M [...] |
2006-05-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG |
| 06KINSHASA805 |
INCIDENT REPORT (KEVIN BILLINGS, JOSEPH ROBINSON, [...] (SBU) Post has been actively working at verifying the welfare and whereabouts of three private citizens (named above) reported missing since May 19, 2006. Although we have not yet received official notification of confirmation of their detention, we have learned that they are in custody of DR [...] |
2006-05-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CG |
| 06KINSHASA806 |
DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - Plane crashes continue to plague the DRC's aviation industry. - Belgium will lead a donor effort to help the DRC restructure its civil service. - A Canadian company launched rehabilitation of one Inga Dam turbine as part of a multi-year project. - Employees o [...] |
2006-05-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA818 |
ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: THE GRAND NORD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited Beni, Butembo and Kasindi in North Kivu province May 4-6. A strong Ugandan economic influence exists in the region, supported by both legal and illegal cross-border trade. Weak national and provincial-level government influence in the region further c [...] |
2006-05-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR CG |
| 06KINSHASA826 |
DRC ELECTIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 23 that it will extend until May 26 the registration period for candidates for provincial legislatures. According to the previously released electoral calendar, provincial registration was to have ended May 22 (after starting May 2). [...] |
2006-05-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA827 |
ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FACES MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As it organizes the DRC's first free elections in more than 40 years, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) faces significant logistical challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country. The lack of an adequate transportation infrastructure makes delivering votin [...] |
2006-05-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA834 |
MONSENGWO CONTINUES TO PUSH POLITICAL "DIALOGUE" [...] (U) In an interview published May 22 by the Belgian newspaper "La Libre Belge," Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), reiterated his appeal for a political "dialogue" to reach a national consensus [...] |
2006-05-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA837 |
POLICE SURROUND HOMES OF FOUR DRC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Kinshasa homes of four DRC presidential candidates, as well as those of other prominent political personalities, were temporarily surrounded by elements of the Congolese police beginning the night of May 23. Among the presidential candidates involved were Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga (Conventi [...] |
2006-05-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA851 |
ONE MONUC PEACEKEEPER KILLED, SEVEN OTHERS [...] (C) Officials with MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) confirmed that one Nepalese peacekeeper was killed May 28 during an anti-militia operation in Ituri and that seven other Nepalese peacekeepers were captured. During Operation Ituri Element 3, a joint search-and-cordon operation w [...] |
2006-05-30 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA853 |
ITURI UPDATE: MONUC CONFIRMS CAPTURED PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) MONUC sources told PolOff May 30 they have verified that the seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured during operations May 28 (reftel) are alive and being held by militia leader Peter Karim. According to MONUC officials, MONUC is working with a group of intermediaries in Ituri to make contact [...] |
2006-05-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA859 |
FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...] |
2006-05-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA862 |
DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 11,000 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has released figures showing that 11,044 candidates registered to run for 632 available seats in the DRC's 26 provincial legislatures. (Note: More than 9,700 candidates registered for the 500 National Assembly seats. End note.) According to CEI Pr [...] |
2006-05-31 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA863 |
KABILA CONTINUES TALKING TO FOREIGN PRESS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila continued talking to the foreign press with an interview published in the May 25 edition of the French newspaper "Le Monde." In the article, Kabila presented himself as a true Congolese who is ready to work to rebuild and reunify the Congo. Kabila also said the work [...] |
2006-06-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA876 |
RUBERWA ACCOUNT OF MAY MEETING WITH UGANDA [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador that he had a frank but useful exchange in a long meeting with Ugandan President Museveni in Kampala on the margins of the latter's inauguration. Ruberwa said he told Museveni that the GDRC is concerned over continuing reports of Ugandan [...] |
2006-06-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UG CG |
| 06KINSHASA879 |
Doctors' Strike Spreads [...] (U) Doctor's union members and health employees of Kinshasa's public hospitals have decided to continue and intensify their strike, begun on May 8 (reftel). They say that the GDRC has not made sufficient efforts to respond to their demands. 2. (U) On May 29, SYNAMED, the union that repres [...] |
2006-06-02 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
| 06KINSHASA890 |
DRC MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - IMF team visits DRC to put a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) in place and to assess situation since the end of the PRGF program. - DRC public hospital physicians launch a general strike while some government enterprises face possible strikes. - DRC Minister o [...] |
2006-06-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA897 |
DRC'S ELECTION CALENDAR: LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Summary: While there are still many hurdles to clear to ensure a successful July 30 first-round election as scheduled, the Independent Election Commission (CEI) and the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) have initiated detailed planning for the second round, and the [...] |
2006-06-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO GC ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA898 |
ITURI UPDATE: TALKS STILL UNDERWAY FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) According to MONUC and Congolese government officials, talks are still underway with militia leader Peter Karim and his Front for National Integration (FNI) regarding the release of seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured in Tsupu May 28 (ref C). MONUC officials confirm that a Crisis Managemen [...] |
2006-06-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA910 |
REFUGEES RETURN TO SUDAN FROM DRC [...] (U) The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) began the assisted return of Sudanese refugees from the DRC on June 7. Two hundred and twenty six Sudanese refugees left the Ingboko area of Orientale province, DRC by UNHCR convoy for home in the Yei and Juba areas of southern Sud [...] |
2006-06-08 07:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CG SU |
| 06KINSHASA918 |
PRESIDENT KABILA'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: In a rare public interview, President Kabila's mother, Mama Sifa Maanya, sought to dispel rumors regarding the President's origins, saying unequivocally that Kabila is her son by birth. Speaking to the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir," Sifa described the struggles and sacrifices she an [...] |
2006-06-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA919 |
FINANCE MINISTER ON DRC'S OVERSPENDING AND IMF [...] (C) At a May 30 meeting with DRC Finance Minister Marco Banguli, Ambassador delivered a tough message against GDRC overspending and said that, after the GDRC's first priority of holding elections, the main objectives for the remaining period of the Transition government should be the security [...] |
2006-06-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA920 |
CARTER CENTER CONFIDENT IN DRC ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (U) The Carter Center's elections observation mission in the DRC announced June 6 it is confident the country's July 30 elections can be conducted successfully and that the electoral calendar published by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) can be met. The Center noted the extremely [...] |
2006-06-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA922 |
CONTINUED PROBLEMS FOR DRC AIRLINES [...] (SBU) Summary. After a disastrous 2005 in which nearly 10 percent of all Congolese commercial aircraft were involved in crashes, the DRC continues to suffer from numerous accidents. Government aviation council recommendations for improvement and a UN safety inspection of the "better" DRC ai [...] |
2006-06-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON KPKO PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA932 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...] |
2006-06-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF |
| 06KINSHASA937 |
MANAGING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has reportedly agreed to fund a much-reduced budget, which would allow the High Media Authority (HAM) to provide for minimal fair media coverage to the 33 presidential candidates. The more than 9,700 legislative and 12,300 provincial candidates, however, will likely be [...] |
2006-06-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA938 |
FIRST SHIPMENT OF BALLOTS ARRIVES IN DRC [...] (U) The first shipment of presidential and legislative ballots for the DRC's July 30 elections arrived in Kinshasa June 10 from printers in South Africa. The legislative ballots were subsequently delivered to Kananga, the capital of Western Kasai province, for delivery to voting centers there. [...] |
2006-06-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA942 |
UNSC SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE: ELECTIONS MUST TAKE [...] (U) Summary: Following a three-day visit in the DRC, a delegation from the UN Security Council (UNSC) announced it was "encouraged" by the country's political progress and rebuffed calls for a "dialogue" that would delay July 30 elections or lead to a re-negotiation of transitional institution [...] |
2006-06-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO KDEM UNSC CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA954 |
AJELLO STUMBLES IN PREMATURE ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) During a June 13 press conference in Brussels, European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Aldo Ajello reportedly presented what he claimed was the calendar for the second phase of the DRC's elections. According to Ajello, the results from the first round of elections (to b [...] |
2006-06-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA959 |
ITURI UPDATE: MILITIAS SURRENDERING BEFORE NEW [...] (C) According to internal MONUC military reports, 120 militia members -- including two women -- from the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri surrendered June 14 to MONUC and Congolese troops in Toni (approximately 12 miles southeast of Bunia). MONUC military officials said another 50 [...] |
2006-06-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA963 |
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Congolese university students, particularly in the capital, have little faith in the elections or the transparency of the electoral process. Many say they see scant benefit in voting in an election when the outcome is assumed to be already set. Others say they have littl [...] |
2006-06-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA965 |
PRESIDENT KABILA WEDS [...] (U) President Kabila June 16 wed his long-time partner Olive Lembe in a civil ceremony at his official residence in Kinshasa. The civil ceremony was followed June 17 by a religious marriage, presided over by Catholic Cardinal Frederic Etsou and Protestant Monsignor Pierre Marini (who is also P [...] |
2006-06-19 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA966 |
ITURI UPDATE: MILITIAS CONTINUE TO SURRENDER [...] (C) According to internal MONUC military reports, more than 100 Ituri militia members surrendered to MONUC and Congolese troops June 16-17 in advance of a new June 30 disarmament deadline (reftel). MONUC officials said that nearly 300 militia members throughout Ituri have relinquished their we [...] |
2006-06-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA968 |
IMF REVIEWS PROGRESS, SETS UP DRC STAFF-MONITORED [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team was in Kinshasa for five days May 27 to June 1 to look at the DRC's performance since February 2006 and to finish setting up a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP). The SMP will provide a bridge between the PRGF program that lapsed on March 31 and the new PRGF the GDRC hop [...] |
2006-06-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA969 |
MLC LAUNCHES NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] (U) The Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), the political party of Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba, has entered into a new political alliance with a host of smaller Congolese political parties. MLC Secretary General (and Minister of Budget) Francois Mwamba [...] |
2006-06-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA972 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR KASHALA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate (and AmCit oncologist) Oscar Kashala believes he is well positioned for July 30 elections, having forged an alliance with minor political parties that could lead to direct cooperation with Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and/or UDPS leader Etienne Tshiseke [...] |
2006-06-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA976 |
SLOGGING TOWARD JULY 30 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila, the four GDRC Vice Presidents, other senior officials and members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met for four and a half hours June 21 to discuss election planning and the post-June 30 future. The Independent Election Committee [...] |
2006-06-22 11:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA977 |
DRC NEARS COMPLETION OF POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary: The DRC Minister of Planning unveiled what is nearly the final draft of the DRC's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) the week of June 5. The 104-page document, the fruit of months of work by a committee composed of GDRC, civil society, and non-governmental organization repres [...] |
2006-06-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CG |
| 06KINSHASA978 |
ITURI'S MILITIAS: WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Ituri District's security has long been threatened by the presence of local armed militias backed by Congolese and Ugandan elements seeking to profit from the region's abundant natural resources, instability, and lack of central government authority. Over the past three years, a s [...] |
2006-06-22 13:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA980 |
ITURI UPDATE: MORE THAN 200 MILITIA MEMBERS [...] (C) Internal MONUC military documents report that from June 20-21, more than 200 militia members voluntarily surrendered to MONUC and FARDC troops in Ituri. On June 20, 60 militia members surrendered to Pakistani peacekeepers at Nizi, turning over more than four dozen AK-47 rifles. The same da [...] |
2006-06-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG |
| 06KINSHASA984 |
FINANCE MINISTER RESPONDS TO PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Banguli organized a lunch June 19 involving Budget Minister Mwamba, Central Bank Governor Masangu, and the German, British, French, Belgian, and U.S. Ambassadors to discuss the GDRC's rather dire fiscal problems. Banguli focused on three issues, the GDRC,s excess [...] |
2006-06-23 11:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EADI PREL CG |
| 06KINSHASA987 |
CONTROVERSIAL SPIRITUAL LEADER SENTENCED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuthino Fernando, the spiritual leader of the Church of the Army of Victory, was sentenced June 16 to twenty years in prison on charges of masterminding a failed December 2002 assassination attempt on a fellow pastor. Kuthino was arrested at his church in Kinshasa where police r [...] |
2006-06-23 14:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA988 |
UDPS SAYS VIOLENCE "INEVITABLE" AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: A top-ranking official with the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) said June 21 that violence will be "inevitable" in the DRC after the country's elections, and that his party will take "no responsibility" for what will take place. Claiming that the internat [...] |
2006-06-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA998 |
EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE FORMALLY LAUNCHED [...] (U) Summary: In the first of what will reportedly be weekly press conferences, on June 22 the initial phase of the European Union election support/peacekeeping operation force was formally introduced by Aldo Ajello, EU Special Rep to the Great Lakes, and Gen. Karlheinz Viereck (Germany), comma [...] |
2006-06-27 06:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1 |
ANTOINE GIZENGA NAMED PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila named Antoine Gizenga as Prime Minister of the Third Republic on December 30. Gizenga's nomination was expected since his Unified Party of Lumumbists (PALU) entered into a coalition with Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) in October before the [...] |
2007-01-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1008 |
DRC AND SOUTH AFRICA SIGN AID ACCORDS AT FOURTH [...] (U) Congolese and South African ministers signed accords on South African assistance to Congo's transportation and health sectors at the conclusion of Bi-national Commission meetings August 21. They also signed a declaration of intent regarding South African support for reform of the Congoles [...] |
2007-08-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ELTN SOCI SF CG |
| 07KINSHASA102 |
KABILA ALLIES WIN EIGHT OF NINE GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (U) Summary: Candidates allied with the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won eight of nine gubernatorial contests January 27, including Kinshasa. Jean-Pierre Bemba's Union for the Nation (UfN) coalition won just one race, in Equateur province. Elections in the two Kasai [...] |
2007-01-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1024 |
VERDICT DELIVERED IN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen months after the death of independent journalist Bapuwa Mwamba, a military court returned a guilty verdict against the accused murderers. This is the second conviction in the death of a journalist in the past five months. End Summary. 2. (U) On August 24 a military tr [...] |
2007-08-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO |
| 07KINSHASA1031 |
NEWS REPORTS OF BRAVO MIXED BRIGADE DEPREDATIONS [...] (U) Reuters reported August 22 that MONUC peacekeepers had found the half-buried bodies of at least six people at two abandoned North Kivu military camps, recently vacated by soldiers of the FARDC Bravo "Mixed" Brigade. Bravo, one of several units that include unintegrated FARDC troops and s [...] |
2007-08-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MARR KJUS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1032 |
CONGO, ANGOLA ANNOUNCE PLANS TO DEMARCATE BORDER, [...] (C) Summary. Congo and Angola agreed in July 24-31 meetings in Luanda to refer a lingering border dispute to a committee of experts, and to share certain offshore oil revenues. Presidents Kabila and dos Santos met July 30-31 and finalized these and other agreements. The two sides plan to c [...] |
2007-08-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON PGOV EMIN CG AO |
| 07KINSHASA1033 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN PRESIDENT VISITS DRC, PROMISES TO [...] (U) Central African Republic (CAR) President Francois Bozize promised to reopen the DRC-CAR border during an August 23-24 visit to Kinshasa. The 24-hour visit, which included a one-hour meeting between Bozize and President Joseph Kabila, focused on DRC-CAR cooperation and the reopening of the [...] |
2007-08-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CG CT |
| 07KINSHASA1037 |
FORESTRY SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC, PART I OF II [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EAGR SENV KGHG CG |
| 07KINSHASA1040 |
KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...] |
2007-08-31 13:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG |
| 07KINSHASA1043 |
CODEL FEINGOLD VISIT TO KINSHASA AND EASTERN DRC [...] (U) Summary: In a three-day visit to Kinshasa and the eastern cities of Goma and Bunia, CODEL Feingold assessed the DRC's progress towards democratization and good governance, efforts to resolve ongoing tensions in the eastern provinces, MONUC's programs contributing to peace and security, and [...] |
2007-09-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV KPKO EAID CG |
| 07KINSHASA105 |
BAN KI-MOON VISITS THE DRC ON FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP [...] (U) Summary: Ban Ki-Moon, newly elected Secretary General of the United Nations, spent two days in the DRC en route to the African Union Summit. Ban met with President Kabila, Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, members of the parliamentary opposition, and addressed the National Assembly. Ban [...] |
2007-01-29 16:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1050 |
KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...] |
2007-09-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG |
| 07KINSHASA1053 |
NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...] |
2007-09-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG |
| 07KINSHASA1056 |
LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS [...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...] |
2007-09-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG |
| 07KINSHASA1063 |
RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...] |
2007-09-05 17:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG RW KPKO |
| 07KINSHASA1066 |
CHEVRON CONTAINERS OF CLEAN-UP WASTE BLOCKED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GDRC Ministryof Trade has blocked the expor of 50 twenty-foot containers of Chevron,s petrolem exploration waste at the port of Boma. Chevro excavated a 20-year-old waste disposal site 24 iles from Boma in Bas-Congo province, and filledthe containers with waste to be re-proce [...] |
2007-09-06 07:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET |
| 07KINSHASA1068 |
CHEVRON CONTAINERS OF CLEAN-UP WASTE BLOCKED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GDRC Ministry of Trade has blocked the export of 50 twenty-foot containers of Chevron,s petroleum exploration waste at the port of Boma. Chevron excavated a 20-year-old waste disposal site 24 miles from Boma in Bas-Congo province, and filled the containers with waste to be r [...] |
2007-09-06 08:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET |
| 07KINSHASA1069 |
DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...] |
2007-09-06 10:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1072 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/7/07 12:00 GMT): MONUC [...] (U) MONUC peacekeepers September 6 brokered a ceasefire between pro-government Congolese military (FARDC) units and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda. The accord was reached after Nkunda's forces threatened to overrun the strategic North Kivu town of Sake about 20 miles west of t [...] |
2007-09-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG |
| 07KINSHASA1075 |
UNIDENTIFIED DISEASE HAS KILLED 160 IN WEST KASAI [...] (SBU) Summary. An unidentified disease has killed 160 of the 352 people who have contracted it since June 7 in seven remote villages of Kasai Occidental (West Kasai) province in central DRC. Samples have been collected and are being analyzed inside and outside the DRC. Initial indications that [...] |
2007-09-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1077 |
DRC-UGANDA JOINT COMMUNIQUE [...] Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda met in Ngurdoto, Tanzania Septemer 7-8. At para. 4 below is the official French text of the joint communique issued at the end of the summit. 2. Of particular interest in the communique i [...] |
2007-09-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV CG UG MOPS |
| 07KINSHASA1082 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/10/07 17:00 GMT): FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Fighting has diminished in North Kivu since pro-government forces and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda stopped shooting in and around Sake, 20 miles west of the provincial capital Goma, on September 6. There have been isolated incidents in Rutshuru territory and in northe [...] |
2007-09-10 17:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1084 |
FEWER ITURI COMBATANTS THAN EXPECTED DISARMING AS [...] (SBU) With three days remaining in the current Ituri District disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion (DDR) program, approximately 1,000 of an anticipated 4,600 combatants -- less than one quarter -- have handed over their weapons. According to UNDP officials running the initiative, as of [...] |
2007-09-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1085 |
EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ebola virus, one of the hemorrhagic fevers, was confirmed on September 10 in the province of West Kasai, where nearly 400 people have fallen ill and over 160 of those have died since June (ref Kinshasa 1075). DRC Minister of Health, Makwenge Kaput, received the results from a W [...] |
2007-09-11 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1087 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/11/07 16:00 GMT): REGION [...] (SBU) North Kivu remained relatively calm September 11, five days after MONUC peacekeepers facilitated a halt in fighting outside the provincial capital Goma between soldiers loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials told [...] |
2007-09-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1090 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/12/07 16:00 GMT): NO REPORTS [...] (U) There are no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) sources told us September 12 there have been no major clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops since MONUC peacekeepers intervened to [...] |
2007-09-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1092 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/13/07 15:00 GMT): NO NEW [...] (U) According to MONUC, there were no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops. The situation in the province remains tense, and Masisi and Rutshuru districts remain heavily militarized. 2. [...] |
2007-09-13 16:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF MOPS KPKO ASEC CG |
| 07KINSHASA1098 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/14/07 11:00 GMT): NO NEW [...] (U) There have been no new reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours (ref A), however insecurity continued in the province with the murder of a local administrator and the discovery of mass graves at a recently vacated mixed-brigade camp. 2. (U) MONUC's Radio Okapi reported [...] |
2007-09-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1100 |
SHORTLEY AND CHARGE DISCUSS EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14, 2007, Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley and Charge d'Affaires, Sam Brock met with President Kabila at his residence for one hour to deliver the following messages from A/S Frazer. Kabila outlined his three pha [...] |
2007-09-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1101 |
MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...] |
2007-09-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW |
| 07KINSHASA1102 |
SHORTLEY OFFERS ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution to Jendayi Frazer, AF A/S, met with Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi on September 12 to discuss efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. Charge Sam Brock and PolCouns also participated. Shortley de [...] |
2007-09-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1103 |
MILITARY ATTACHES DISCUSS CONGOLESE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Military attaches and representatives from EUSEC, the UK, France, and the US met with the Charge and Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor to the A/S for African Affairs, to discuss insecurity in North Kivu and the DRC's security sector limitations on September 13. All participants c [...] |
2007-09-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1105 |
REVISED: MINISTERIAL-LEVEL DEMARCHE REGARDING IRAN ISSUE [...] Per instructions reftel, Charge met with Foreign Minister Antipas MBUSA Nyamwisi September 12. Charge went over points contained reftel. Mbusa acknowledged he did not follow the IAEA closely as he is currently spearheading a diplomatic offensive to secure regional support for DRC efforts aga [...] |
2007-09-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC PREL CG |
| 07KINSHASA1111 |
Patriot Day Activities [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...] |
2007-09-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO |
| 07KINSHASA1120 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION [...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...] |
2007-09-18 17:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1121 |
DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...] |
2007-09-19 06:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1123 |
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK [...] (U) Public school teachers across the DRC have been on strike for long-promised salary increases since September 3, when schools were supposed to open. The national Congolese teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants du Congo (SYECO), and the Catholic teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants de [...] |
2007-09-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
| 07KINSHASA1126 |
KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S [...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...] |
2007-09-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 07KINSHASA1127 |
FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...] |
2007-09-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG |
| 07KINSHASA1128 |
DRC: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER [...] (SBU) This is an action request for emergency assistance. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus in Mweka rural health zone in Kasai Occidental Province, the Congolese Minister of Health has requested international assistance to contain [...] |
2007-09-20 05:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1133 |
DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR [...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...] |
2007-09-21 05:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG |
| 07KINSHASA1134 |
GDRC RESPONSE ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) PolOff spoke September 20 with Oscar Matondo, director of the Fffice of International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding reftel request for contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 2. (U) Matondo said the GDRC certainly wished to see those responsib [...] |
2007-09-21 11:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNSC PTER LE CG |
| 07KINSHASA1139 |
KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...] |
2007-09-24 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG |
| 07KINSHASA1141 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN [...] Despite sporadic clashes between various armed groups in North Kivu Province, and a generally tenuous security environment, humanitarian agencies have begun to survey previously inaccessible areas. Relief officials report varying patterns of displacement, with pockets of small-scale returns, [...] |
2007-09-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1150 |
MONUC REPORTS SIX CONGOLESE DEAD, FOUR WOUNDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC reports that Ugandan troops killed six Congolese and wounded five others after firing on a Congolese vessel on Lake Albert September 24. All but one were civilians. The confrontation followed an incident earlier in the day in which MONUC naval forces intercepted and su [...] |
2007-09-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV CG UG |
| 07KINSHASA1151 |
NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/25/07, 18:00 GMT): LIMITED [...] (U) Limited skirmishes broke out in several locations in North Kivu in the early morning of September 24 between Congolese military (FARDC) troops and elements of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's forces, but had died down by midday. No casualty figures were available. 2. (SBU) FARDC De [...] |
2007-09-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV ASEC CG |
| 07KINSHASA1161 |
DRC: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel's request for updated statistics and projection of future competitiveness. Data ---- 2. (U) The following are 2006 statistics: - Total industrial production in USD: 110,250,315 - Total textile and apparel production in USD: 5,426,1 [...] |
2007-09-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD CG |
| 07KINSHASA1168 |
DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...] |
2007-10-02 09:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA117 |
FARDC GENERAL DISMISSIVE OF CONCESSIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Major General Bulenda Padiri, Commander of the DRC's Ninth Military Region, does not agree with the GDRC's negotiated concessions to Laurent Nkunda's troops in North Kivu. He believes that real integration and eventual redeployment outside of the Kivus are necessary for these f [...] |
2007-01-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1171 |
DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING [...] (U) The Charge delivered demarche as requested ref A to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs/Acting Minister Alain Lubamba on October 1. (Note: Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa has not yet returned from his trip to New York with President Joseph Kabila to attend the General Assembly. End note.) [...] |
2007-10-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI KWMN CG |
| 07KINSHASA1172 |
CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...] |
2007-10-02 17:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1175 |
TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF DEFENSE MEETING -- [...] (SBU) The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 in special session to discuss joint operations, cross-border confidence building measures, and the reinstatement of the bilateral Rwanda-DRC Joint Verification Mechanism. The Joint Communique has been transmitted se [...] |
2007-10-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG |
| 07KINSHASA1177 |
JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF [...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. 2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETI [...] |
2007-10-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG |
| 07KINSHASA1179 |
ITURI DDR: PHASE III PASSES THE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) The official deadline for the Phase III disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion program (DDR) in Ituri District officially passed on September 30. However, disarmament points and the demobilization transit sites remain open. Nearly 35 per cent of those on the official lists from t [...] |
2007-10-04 16:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA118 |
KABILA COALITION DOMINATES IN KATANGA SENATE [...] (U) Results of the January 19 senatorial vote in Katanga confirmed the dominance of President Joseph Kabila's AMP coalition in his home province. Nine of the 16 senators elected by the provincial assembly January 19 are members or allies of Kabila's AMP coalition. Only one of the parties al [...] |
2007-01-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1183 |
PLANE CRASH KILLS OVER THIRTY IN KINSHASA; TRANSPORT [...] (U) An Antonov 26-100B airplane crashed immediately after taking off from Kinshasa's N'djili International Airport at 9:43am on October 4. According to the Congolese Air Authority, Regie des Voies Aeriennes (RVA) all but one of the 11 adults, 2 children, and 5 crew members on board were killed [...] |
2007-10-09 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV CASC CG |
| 07KINSHASA1188 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - SKIRMISHES AND SQUABBLES [...] During the last week of September, small skirmishes involving the Congolese military and various armed groups in North Kivu Province resumed, leading several thousand newly-displaced persons to flee to Goma-area settlement sites. Site visits by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistan [...] |
2007-10-09 11:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM CG |
| 07KINSHASA119 |
IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY [...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Bandundu gave Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) a narrow majority of seats in Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's home province. The pro-Kabila PPRD won two of the province's twelve Senate seats, as did Mbusa Nyamwisi's Forc [...] |
2007-01-31 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA120 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - SUSAN MCLURG [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo of Minister Counselor Susan McLurg, United States Mission to the United Nations, February 10 - 17, 2007 to participate in the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). 2. [...] |
2007-01-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ACABQ CG |
| 07KINSHASA1201 |
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU [...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...] |
2007-10-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG |
| 07KINSHASA1208 |
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU [...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...] |
2007-10-18 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG |
| 07KINSHASA1213 |
DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect), the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...] |
2007-10-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1215 |
CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...] |
2007-10-19 20:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM |
| 07KINSHASA1232 |
DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE [...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...] |
2007-10-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KDEM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1233 |
DRC DHRF II ANNUAL STATUS REPORT FY07 [...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to report that all Democracy and Human Rights projects funds prior to FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. 2. All project funds for FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. DHRF No Amt Obligated Unliquidated balance ------- [...] |
2007-10-30 14:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM KDEM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1234 |
SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY-07 ANNUAL REPORT [...] All 2006 activities have been completed and all funds liquidated. All projects prior to 2006 have been completed and closed out. STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 --------------------- 2. Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa FY 2007. Post greatly appre [...] |
2007-10-31 05:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID CG |
| 07KINSHASA1236 |
PROGRAM UPDATE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DRC [...] Gender-Based Violence continues to be a threat to stability and affects the most vulnerable populations - women and children-in Eastern Congo. Recent reports indicate the problem is worsening, particularly in the province of North Kivu, but the problem is also severe in South Kivu, Maniema, a [...] |
2007-10-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1237 |
LAURENT NKUNDA SITUATION - PERSPECTIVES ON DDR OF HIS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 12:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1244 |
NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Since mid-October, a lull in major combat across most of North Kivu Province has afforded relief organizations temporary access to conflict-affected areas to assess humanitarian conditions and deliver critical food and emergency relief supplies for displaced and vulnerable populations. Howeve [...] |
2007-11-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1247 |
TRIPARTITE FUSION CELL -- WHAT NEXT? [...] (S) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) has significant assets at its disposal, but they are currently underutilized. Member states should be encouraged to participate fully, or else be suspended from the project. Additionally, the TFC should be brought into alignment [...] |
2007-11-02 10:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR MOPS KPKO UG RW BY CG |
| 07KINSHASA1248 |
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO [...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...] |
2007-11-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1249 |
ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...] |
2007-11-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW |
| 07KINSHASA125 |
GDRC DIAMOND SECTOR UPDATE - IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's 2006 diamond export revenues will likely be well below 2005 levels, largely due to a drop in production by the diamond mining parastatal, MIBA. Not only have production, export quantities, and export values decreased compared with 2005 figures, but hoped-for export re [...] |
2007-02-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EINV ETRD CG |
| 07KINSHASA1250 |
DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1251 |
SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...] |
2007-11-05 16:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG |
| 07KINSHASA126 |
FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN BANYAMULENGE TROOPS IN [...] (C) Summary: Limited fighting between Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi) troops of non-integrated brigades of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and of dissident armed forces broke out in the Minembwe region of South Kivu province January 25 and continued sporadically through January 29. Details c [...] |
2007-02-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1260 |
SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 3 MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor Tim Shortley met with close advisors to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) on November 3 to discuss Shortley's just-ended trip to the eastern Congo, which included meetings with senior officers of the Congolese Armed forces (FARDC), the UN [...] |
2007-11-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1264 |
AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo, [...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...] |
2007-11-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW |
| 07KINSHASA1265 |
SPECIAL CONFLICT ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S BRIEFINGS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Frazer's Special Conflict Advisor, Tim Shortley, togeter with officers from AF/RSA (Julie Chalfin) andDoD/OSD (Lt. Col. Mark Ellington USA), met with UN human rights specialists November 1 in North Kiv to understand the impact and pervasiveness of human righ [...] |
2007-11-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1266 |
DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on November 7 to Augustin Kalala Kadima, Counselor to Cabinet Director Isidore Omari Kampene at the Ministry of Finance. Kalala had no substantive response, but said he would deliver the FATF declaration and comments to Omari and to Minister of Finance Ath [...] |
2007-11-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON CG |
| 07KINSHASA1267 |
RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING [...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...] |
2007-11-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA1270 |
MONUC'S INDIAN BATTALION BRIEFS SHORTLEY ON [...] (C) Summary: During his October 30-November 3 tour of North Kivu, an Indian Battalion from MONUC provided security for the AF Senior Adviser Shortley. Upon arrival in Goma on 30 October, Shortley was briefed by the commander of North Kivu Brigade who transmitted what was mostly MONUC,s party [...] |
2007-11-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1272 |
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-13 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG |
| 07KINSHASA1274 |
Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between [...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...] |
2007-11-14 05:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL |
| 07KINSHASA1278 |
Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with [...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...] |
2007-11-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG |
| 07KINSHASA128 |
WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...] |
2007-02-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1283 |
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...] |
2007-11-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG |
| 07KINSHASA1288 |
: INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC: NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) Summary. While military assistance to the GDRC has grown over the past several years, staffing levels have not kept pace with resulting demands on the Mission. If newly proposed engagement materializes, all military assistance, in [...] |
2007-11-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | APER MASS MOPS PGOV KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1289 |
November 13 attack on IDP camp near Goma [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of panicked IDPs fled three camps near Goma November 13 after FARDC artillery deployed nearby apparently opened fire. While the FARDC claimed pro-Nkunda CNDP forces had attacked the camps, and Nkunda blamed the FDLR, neither MONUC nor humanitarian organizations were a [...] |
2007-11-20 05:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA129 |
CONGOLESE MILITARY JUSTICE FIGHTING AN UPHILL [...] (SBU) Summary. The numerous obstacles to effective application of military justice in the Congo are in stark evidence in the province of Katanga. Military courts are fighting an uphill battle against crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and the lack of legal training for practitioners [...] |
2007-02-01 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1291 |
ARRESTS MADE AFTER RADIOACTIVE DUMPING - CLEAN-UP AND [...] (U) Didace Pembe, GDRC Minister of the Environment, announced November 9 that police had arrested seven people, including law enforcement officers, in connection with the illegal dumping of roughly four tons of radioactive waste in the Katanga province. Pembe said those arrested included all wh [...] |
2007-11-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EMIN PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA130 |
ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES GUBERNATORIAL VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) January 26 postponed the scheduled January 27 election for governors and vice governors in the two Kasai provinces until February 10. The ruling followed challenges alleging two prominent candidates possessed dual nationality in v [...] |
2007-02-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1301 |
NOVEMBER 21 GOMA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Unfounded claims were received from both government and Nkunda about CNDP occupying Rutshuru. Some may make their way into the international press. As noted in separate conversations with embassy, such claims would appear to be false. While in Rutshuru with a WFP/OFDA/UK team (includi [...] |
2007-11-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS PHUM PREF KWMN CG |
| 07KINSHASA1305 |
Rutshuru incident exaggerated, but North Kivu tensions [...] (SBU) Summary. Initial reports of FARDC-CNDP combat in the North Kivu town of Rutshuru November 21 exaggerated the scale and the impact of the fighting. Claims by both sides that CNDP forces had occupied the town were false. Eyewitness reports confirm pro-Nkunda fighters attacked a FARDC ba [...] |
2007-11-26 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1307 |
DRC GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE [...] Summary: Late in the evening of Sunday, November 25, the DRC government, led by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, announced a cabinet reshuffle. Major changes include a reduction in the number of ministries from 40 to 33, the reduction of ministries of state from six to three, the appointment o [...] |
2007-11-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1311 |
November 22 Goma Update [...] (SBU) Commercial traffic between Goma and Masisi is flowing again after MONUC installed a mobile operating base at Mushake at midweek. CNDP forces had set up a roadblock there that, in the words of Governor Paluku, was "strangling" the provincial capital. Prices of staples such as beans had e [...] |
2007-11-27 05:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1313 |
UNHRO REPORTS MASS GRAVES, MASS RAPE, AND ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) recently made public its Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for September 2007. The report described 70 different cases of abuse committed by armed groups including Nkunda forces, Mayi Mayi militia, and FARDC soldiers. This [...] |
2007-11-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1316 |
November 24 Goma Update [...] (SBU) The FARDC attacked a CNDP position above the Goma-Rutshuru road near Rugari yesterday morning. A Dakar-based AP team reported observing FARDC troops loading mobile rocket-launders onto trucks in the vicinity around midday following the action. They said a FARDC colonel told them CNDP p [...] |
2007-11-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1328 |
DRC CABINET RESHUFFLE: DOING THE SAME WITH LESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GDRC's long-awaited cabinet reshuffle was announced November 25 (reftel). The new cabinet gives President Kabila provincial/ethnic balance without weakening his ruling AMP alliance. The biggest change is a reduction in the number of ministers from 60 to 45, as a number of p [...] |
2007-12-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG |
| 07KINSHASA1329 |
AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...] |
2007-12-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA134 |
PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...] |
2007-02-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1340 |
Ambassador Garvelink in Goma December 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink's introductory trip to Goma December 3 coincided with commencement of military action in the Mushaki area (west of Sake) by the FARDC against Nkunda's forces. MONUC/North Kivu commander General Narayan told the Ambassador that, the previous day, Nkunda's f [...] |
2007-12-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1341 |
DRC NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - Palm Oil Imports Flow Again, Local Industry Resumes Production of Margarine, Soap Forestry - NGO Encourages GDRC to Complete Logging Concession Conversion Process Infrastructure - Kinshasa Roads Bad, Getting Worse, Parliament Investigates - New Forklifts M [...] |
2007-12-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1344 |
President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation" [...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...] |
2007-12-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG |
| 07KINSHASA1347 |
Goma Report for December 6, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...] |
2007-12-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1350 |
Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...] |
2007-12-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1351 |
VATICAN NAMES CONTROVERSIAL PRELATE TO HEAD ARCHDIOCESE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See has named Laurent Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CENCO), to become the new Archbishop of Kinshasa. He succeeds the late Frederic Cardinal Etsou. Monsengwo is known for keen intelligence, strong polit [...] |
2007-12-10 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV CG |
| 07KINSHASA1356 |
Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...] |
2007-12-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA136 |
BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN [...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...] |
2007-02-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS |
| 07KINSHASA1360 |
Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...] |
2007-12-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1361 |
PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...] |
2007-12-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1362 |
Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...] |
2007-12-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
| 07KINSHASA1364 |
Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...] |
2007-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV |