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Kinshasa, 4 April 2011 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) paid homage to the memory of the victims in the April 2011 UN plane crash. At the mission's main…

Goma, 29 March 2012 – The Indian battalion of the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Nord Kivu has constructed a market for the people of Kibingu village in…

Kananga, 22 March 2012 – In preparation for the forthcoming local elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) especially in the Kasaï Occidental province, the Office of Public Information of the United Nations…

Secli-Wendji, 22 March 2012 – Some 300 women in Secli-Wendji, a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Mbandaka, capital of the Equateur province, attended a workshop organized by the Office of Public Information of the United…

As with the previous report to the Human Rights Council, presented at the sixteenth session in March 2011 (A/HRC/16/27), this report looks at a number of past recommendations made by the High Commissioner and several human…

Geneva/Kinshasa, 20 March 2012 – A UN report released Tuesday details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by Congolese and security forces in the…

MONUSCO invites political actors to preserve a peaceful environment and to use legally prescribed channels to resolve disputes Kinshasa, 14 March 2012: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic…

Kinshasa, 14 March 2012: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes today's decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the trial of Thomas…

GENEVA/KINSHASA (20 March 2012) – A UN report released Tuesday details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by Congolese and security forces in the…

Kinshasa, 09 January 2012: MONUSCO strongly condemns the attacks on civilians by armed groups in several remote villages in Shabunda territory of South Kivu Province. During 1 and 4 January 2012, MONUSCO received reports that…

Bukavu, 14 March 2012 – New collaborative methods on conflicts management were recently developed by the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the governor of Sud…

Mbuji-Mayi, 25 February 2012 - Some 70 youths, including 19 girls, turned up at a workshop on child protection. The training course was organized in Mbuji-Mayi by the regional Human Rights section of the United Nations…