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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04KINSHASA1160 |
KEEPING PEACE NOT MAKING WAR: DRC WELCOMES QUAD [...] (C) Summary: During June 22 meetings with President Kabila, VPs Bemba (MLC) and Ruberwa (RCD), visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and AF/C Director Al Eastham noted U.S. concern with the security situation in Eastern Congo, including the buildup of government troops; assured Congolese officials that, [...] |
2004-06-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1217 |
PLAYING THE TROOP NUMBERS GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government and rebel groups in the east are prone to inflate the number of troops they deploy, but clearly there is a build-up of troops going on in the east. As of July 1, the FARDC probably has about 14,000 regular soldiers in eastern Congo, including MLC components. These [...] |
2004-07-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1317 |
NKUNDA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: As of July 15, it is unclear whether ongoing negotiation attempts will end the stalemate with rebel commander Laurent Nkunda without a return to open conflict. Sustained rumors of an imminent FARDC attack on rebel positions in N. and S. Kivu have circulated for several weeks. As o [...] |
2004-07-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1380 |
N. KIVU MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff, DATT and British DATT visited Kisangani and Goma July 19-22 to meet with N. Kivu governor Serufuli, N. Kivu Regional Military Commander Obedi, and MONUC elements. Obedi no longer appears loyal to the transition government, and Serufuli's loyalties are opaque. MONUC Goma mi [...] |
2004-07-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1535 |
NKUNDA STALEMATE ENTERS THIRD MONTH [...] (C) Summary: As of August 13, despite several weeks of low-level skirmishes, the FARDC had not launched a large-scale offensive against rebel commander Laurent Nkunda. Much of the FARDC command structure, including N. Kivu military commander General Obedi, descended on Bukavu August 10 for co [...] |
2004-08-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1545 |
CIAT AND GDRC CONDEMN GATUMBA MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee Accompanying the Transition (CIAT) and the GDRC strongly condemn the August 13 attack on the Gatumba refugee camp and call for an independent international commission to investigate the massacre and bring those responsible to justice. Post believes such [...] |
2004-08-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1557 |
EASTERN TURN FOR THE WORSE [...] (C) Septel describes worrying events in eastern Congo following the weekend attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and effects on the fragile DRC transition government and peace process. While the Burundi refugee attack did not in itself provoke a complete change in transition dynamic [...] |
2004-08-18 16:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1565 |
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN CONGO COULD THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Following the funeral service for the 180 victims of this weekend's massacre in the refugee camp in Gatumbe, events in eastern Congo took a turn for the worse. Rebel commander Nkunda issued an inflammatory declaration repudiating any prior connection he might have had to the tra [...] |
2004-08-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1572 |
SERIOUS SITUATION IN EASTERN CONGO THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Inflammatory rhetoric from Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC, coupled with the buildup of Burundian and Rwandan troops on the Congolese border and discord and disarray within one of the major parties in the Congolese transition threaten the fragile peace of the Great Lakes. South Afri [...] |
2004-08-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1690 |
PROGRESS ON JVM KEY FOR DRC [...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told DAS Don Yamamoto, NSC Senior Advisor Cindy Courville and Central African Director Al Eastham that he would like to see the proposed Joint Verification Mission (JVM) operational before signing the trilateral agreement on the margins of the UNGA in New Yo [...] |
2004-09-08 12:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1728 |
CONGOLESE, MONUC VIEWS ON TRILATERAL AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC appears willing to sign both a Trilateral Agreement and a Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) in New York during the UNGA. The GDRC is continuing to press for agreement on terms of reference of the JVM, since it believes a Trilateral Agreement among the DRC, Uganda and Rw [...] |
2004-09-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG PREL MARR MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1807 |
A HOT, BUT NOT WARM, WELCOME TO RETURNING [...] (C) Summary: There were some tense moments over the weekend in Uvira, located in southern South Kivu, when 350 Banyamulenge refugees insisted on returning to the DRC from Burundi sooner than planned. Their arrival at the Congo-Burundi border provoked riots by Congolese citizens in Uvira, dur [...] |
2004-09-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG MONUC |
| 04KINSHASA1933 |
JVM: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Monuc DDR chief expressed doubts October 14 that the proposed JVM office in Bukavu will be opened in the near future, given the recent attack on Monuc peacekeepers by COngoleses civilians who erroneously believed MONUC was transporting a Rwandan (reftel). Monuc has informed both [...] |
2004-10-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG MONUC |
| 05AMMAN2915 |
DEMARCHE ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INVOLVING UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-11 09:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG JO MONUC |
| 05PARIS1614 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher shared reftel points February 26 on a proposed joint demarche to troop contributing countries (TCCs) with MFA IO Africa expert Clement Leclerc. 2. (C) While Leclerc's initial reaction was guardedly positive, in a subsequent meeting March 4, he told us that the am [...] |
2005-03-11 08:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG FR MONUC |
| 06KIGALI1013 |
DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...] |
2006-10-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL MONUC CG RW |
| 06KIGALI1014 |
DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...] |
2006-10-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL MONUC CG RW |
| 06KIGALI340 |
GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...] |
2006-04-12 16:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE |
| 06KIGALI984 |
ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...] |
2006-10-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW |
| 06KINSHASA304 |
MINISTER OF PLAN THAMBWE-PRSP, THEN POLITICS [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe for lunch February 9 to discuss the current economic and political situation in the country. In follow-up to the recent IMF mission (reftel) and concerns focused on the GDRC,s compliance with the current IMF reform program and HIPC Ini [...] |
2006-02-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN CG MONUC |
| 06KINSHASA346 |
TRIPARTITE-PLUS FUSION CELL HOLDS GRADUATION [...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite-Plus Fusion Cell held a "graduation" in Kisangani for its initial trainees on 25 February. The brief ceremony was attended by MONUC officials, several Congolese political representatives including Governor of Province Orientale Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, and Nation [...] |
2006-03-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG MONUC |
| 07KIGALI238 |
NO CASULTIES AFTER SALVO FIRED FROM DRC INTO RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. At approximately 21h00 local time on 3 March a barrage of direct and indirect fire was directed from North Kivu into a unoccupied area in Northwest Rwanda by an unknown unit suspected to be from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). No casualties were reported [...] |
2007-03-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MONUC KPKO CG RW |
| 07KIGALI324 |
SUCCESSFUL TRIPARTITE PLUS HELD IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR hosted the U.S. facilitated Tripartite Plus Joint Commission (TPJC) and sub-commission meetings in Kigali 14-16 March. Delegations from the DRC, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda took part in the diplomatic and defense and security sub-commission meetings on 14 March in order [...] |
2007-04-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MONUC KPKO RW |
| 10KINSHASA17 |
Operation Amani Leo: Old Wine in a New Bottle? [...] (C) Summary: Various MONUC officials have underscored that the overriding objective of Operation Amani Leo is civilian protection, although several, including SRSG Alan Doss, cautioned that demands for no collateral damages from a military operation were illusory. The operation, acco [...] |
2010-01-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC MONUC MOPS PHUM PINR KPKO MARR MASS PREL CG |
| 10KINSHASA176 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...] |
2010-02-10 19:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON |
| 10KINSHASA21 |
French FM Kouchner Discusses MONUC, RFI Closure with Kabila [...] (C) On January 11, we met with Laurence Monmayrant, French Embassy polcouns, and Philippe Guerin, the French Embassy's Goma-based diplomat. Guerin, who was present in the Kabila-Kouchner meeting in Kinshasa on January 8, told us "there was not much substance" to the discussion. Kouchner stre [...] |
2010-01-25 18:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MONUC MOPS PHUM FR CG |
| 10KINSHASA23 |
MONUC TROOPS ABANDON AID WORKERS, FARDC PILLAGES IDP CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MONUC forces escorting aid workers in a North Kivu IDP camp abandoned their post on January 15 under threat from a rogue FARDC unit that then pillaged the camp. MONUC's Force Commander lodged a protest with the commander of the South African soldiers (RSABATT) involved. The For [...] |
2010-01-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO MONUC MOPS CG |
| 10KINSHASA29 |
Looting at North Kivu IDP Camp Attributed to ex-CNDP [...] (SBU) United Nations Mission in the Democratic of Congo (MONUC) sources confirmed to us that Major Muzungu, the leader of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) unit that pillaged an IDP camp in Muhanga in North Kivu on January 15 (reftel), formerly belonged to the CNDP (CongrC(s National pour la [...] |
2010-01-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF MOPS PGOV PREL MONUC CG |