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Date: 2010-02-11

Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuk, Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)

RSVP: Khunjulwa Peter
Tel  (012) 346 9500
Fax (012) 460 0997/ 086 508 1660
E-mail [email protected]

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ISS Seminar: Pretoria: The Security Situation in the Northwest Democratic Republic of Congo: The Enyele Conflict, Challenges and Recommendations

Date: 2010-02-11

Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuk, Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)

RSVP: Khunjulwa Peter
Tel  (012) 346 9500
Fax (012) 460 0997/ 086 508 1660
E-mail [email protected]

The territory of Kungu in the province of Equateur north of Gemena comprises of two villages (Enyele and Monzaya) of the same tribe (the Lobalas), when the two villages came into conflict over the control of an area rich in fish, the main trading commodity. The situation degenerated into intercommunity conflict in the last days of October 2009, as the Lobalas of Enyele attacked those of Monzaya and those not from the Dongo region. The latest clashes occurred in the village of Buburo, which was attacked on Friday last. Although the inhabitants had already fled, this didn`t stop the attackers from destroying the houses there, including the UNHCR offices, which had earlier evacuated its staff. According to the humanitarian agencies and MONUC’s Civil Affairs division that work together around the protective cluster in Mbandaka, 14,669 internally displaced were registered in several sites in Kungu territory after the events. According to the UNHCR, several thousand others took refuge in neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville. Can the GoDRC with the support of MONUC stabilise the situation?

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Xenon Prosper NZEKANI ZENA
Director of Disarmament and Demobilization in the National DDR Structure (2008 to 2009)

Presented by the Peace Missions Programme

Please note that discussions occur under Chatham House rules


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