Uvira, 10 June 2014 – An inter-disciplinary MONUSCO team travelled to Mutarule on Thursday 10 June, in the territory of Uvira, South Kivu province to assess the security and humanitarian situations after the inter-communal clashes that erupted there on the night of 6 - 7 June 2014 that left 33 dead. Joined by MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, the Team noticed that Mutarule village was largely deserted and 10 houses…
Uvira, 10 juin 2014 - Une équipe pluridisciplinaire de la MONUSCO s’est rendue jeudi 10 juin à Mutarule, dans le territoire d’Uvira, dans la province du Sud Kivu, pour y évaluer la situation sécuritaire et humanitaire après les affrontements intercommunautaires survenus dans cette localité dans la nuit du 6 au 7 juin 2014 et faisant 33 morts. L’équipe, rejointe sur le terrain par le Commandant de la Force de la MONUSCO, le général Carlos Alberto…
Bukavu, 10 June 2014 - 83 FDLR members arrived at Kigoggo on 6 June 2014 to surrender and lay down weapons on a voluntary basis after several day-walks. They showed up at MONUSCO’s office along with 225 dependents including 166 children and 59 women. They laid down 83 weapons including 8 heavy ones in an official ceremony held on 09 June to contribute, from then on, as they said, to the efforts for restoring peace in DRC and the sub-region. After…
Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, calls for restoration of calm on the border between the DRC and Rwanda Kinshasa, 11 June 2014: Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, is concerned by the clashes which took place on 11 June between Congolese and Rwandan armed forces in the border area of Kibumba. He calls on all sides to deescalate tensions and to refrain from any further acts of violence. He also deplored the loss of human lives during the incident. “I…
Bunia, 4-5 June 2014 – A workshop on land-related inter-communal conflict resolution was facilitated by the UN Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) in Bunia, the administrative center of Ituri, Eastern Province attended by traditional leaders and other local officials. Altogether 33 participants reflected on the means and ways to sustainably resolve disputes around collective breeding and the administrative demarcations between the different…
In Uvira, South Kivu province, around 30 young leaders from different local communities began on Wednesday 4 June 2014 a two-day training workshop on intercommunity conflict resolution The training took place at Shekina House and was organized by the Political Affairs section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the Intercommunity Consultation Framework of Uvira (CCI/Uvira). The…
Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, condemns the recent violence between communities in South Kivu and calls for the immediate end to the clashes. Kinshasa, 08 June 2014 - Violent clashes took place last Friday between the Bafuliru and Barundi/Banyamulenge communities in Uvira, South Kivu province. The inter-ethnical clashes claim many victims. At least thirty dead and fifteen injured were reported. “This violence is unacceptable and must stop…
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Dungu, district of Haut-Uele, Eastern Province, noticed since early 2014, a flow of Congolese refugees returning home from Makpandu camp, in the South Sudan, about 60 Km away from the Congolese border. Since 2008, progressive sedentarization of roughly 357 000 people was noticed, following recurrent activities of the Ugandan rebels of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA), who frequently…
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russ Feingold, Special Representative of the African Union Boubacar Diarra, European Union Senior Coordinator for the Great Lakes Region KoenVervaeke, and UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in the DRC Martin Kobler note the letter of April 18, 2014, signed by a…
On 29 May, we celebrate International Peacekeeping Day and the contributions of UN Volunteers to advance peace in the world. For this occasion, DRC in Focus met, Kevin Gilroy, Chief of Peace and Development Division, UNV, on the eve of his departure from UNV in May of 2014. After many years spent with the UNV Programme at headquarters and in the field, he shares with us his experience and thoughts especially given his key in building the 22-year…