Information Minister Raphael Ghenda described the sentences as lenient. DRC television on Monday explained that the NGO's responsibilities included coordinating humanitarian assistance and development aid, coordinating local and international NGOs, assessing their programmes and monitoring their activities. In an interview with the television, Kongolo said the government would now rely on SEN for advice each time an NGO applied for registration. A recent mission led by CRS and Memisa in Sankuru, in northern Kasai Oriental, reveals a bleak sanitary, health and infrastructure situation. Rebels kill 30 at Goma checkpoint Humanitarian sources told IRIN on Thursday some 30 people were killed at a checkpoint near Goma on Saturday night.
Information is sketchy, but the attack was reportedly carried out by a group of rebels.
A Belgian national is reportedly among the dead. All sides agree to Arusha talks, Nyerere says Burundi peace mediator, former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, on Wednesday announced that all sides in the conflict had agreed to meet in Arusha on 15 June. His announcement followed talks in Dar es Salaam with Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, coming in the wake of a series of meetings with various Burundi political leaders. He told a news conference there should be a cessation of hostilities in Burundi before the start of the talks, AFP reported. On his arrival back in Bujumbura, Buyoya said he had insisted that the Arusha meeting re-examine the issue of regional economic sanctions and relations between Burundi and Tanzania.