Major Kake Boazi of the M23 rebels is pictured after surrendering to join the Congolese government soldiers in Bunagana, north of Goma
Major Kake Boazi (front) of the M23 rebels is pictured after surrendering to join the Congolese government soldiers in Bunagana, north of Goma, November 1, 2013. Uganda called on the Congolese army and M23 rebels to cease fire on Friday as peace talks progressed in Kampala to end the 20-month conflict. While the M23 rebels said they were ready for a peace deal, government forces vowed to pursue their military advantage and crush the rebellion in Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich east. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Power gets off a Rwandan Air Force helicopter in Kigali
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (3rd L) gets off a Rwandan Air Force helicopter at Mutobo Demobilization Centre during a visit by U.N. Security Council envoys to Kigali October 7, 2013. Former Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) combatants, who had been fighting in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, spend three months at the camp as part of the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Program. Three months into Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria. Picture taken October 7, 2013. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols (RWANDA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Power speaks to a Congolese woman, near Goma
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to a Congolese woman at the Mugunga 3 camp for internally displaced people near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, October 6, 2013. Power visited the camp with other envoys of the U.N. Security Council. Three months into Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria. Picture taken October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Power listens to a Congolese woman speak, near Goma
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (R) listens to a Congolese woman speak at the Mugunga 3 camp for internally displaced people near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, October 6, 2013. Power visited the camp with other envoys of the U.N. Security Council. Three months into Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria. Picture taken October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Power listens to a Congolese woman speak, near Goma
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (R) listens to a Congolese woman speak at the Mugunga 3 camp for internally displaced people near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, October 6, 2013. Power visited the camp with other envoys of the U.N. Security Council. Three months into Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria. Picture taken October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Power listens to a Congolese woman speak, near Goma
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power listens to a Congolese woman speak at the Mugunga 3 camp for internally displaced people near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, October 6, 2013. Power visited the camp with other envoys of the U.N. Security Council. Three months into Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria. Picture taken October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Growing concern for victims of fighting in North Kivu
Fighting has once again broken out between government forces and armed group M23 in Rutshuru Territory, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with major humanitarian consequences felt as far as Uganda and Rwanda.
UNHCR wraps up return programme for Angolan refugees in Botswana
This week's final convoy of 194 people convoy brings to 461 the number of Angolans repatriated from Botswana since June of last year.