Kinshasa, 30 July 2013 – In North Kivu, MONUSCO considers any individuals who are not members of the national security forces and who carries a firearm in Goma and its northern suburbs an imminent threat to civilians and will disarm them in order to enforce a security zone to protect the densely populated area of Goma and Sake.
Kinshasa, 27 July 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, is highly alarmed over the allegations of killings, forced recruitment and illegal detention of civilians by the March 23 Movement, M23. MONUSCO has received credible reports indicating that ten people were forcefully recruited by the M23 combatants on 22 July 2013 at Kibumba, in the territory of Nyiragongo, North-Kivu…
Goma, 22 July 2013 - All through the week, from 16 to 19 July, the new MONUSCO Head of Office in North Kivu, Mr. Ray Virgilo Torres, had a series of meetings with local opinion leaders that were dominated by security concerns due to the resumption since 14 July of fighting between the M23 movement and the national armed forces (FARDC). On 16 July, Mr. Torres visited the mayor of Goma at his office to discuss the general situation in the city…
Goma, 22 July 2013 - All through the week, from 16 to 19 July, the new MONUSCO Head of Office in North Kivu, Mr. Ray Virgilo Torres, had a series of meetings with local opinion leaders that were dominated by security concerns due to the resumption since 14 July of fighting between the M23 movement and the national armed forces (FARDC). On 16 July, Mr. Torres visited the mayor of Goma at his office to discuss the general situation in the city…
Kisangani, 23 July 2013 - In Oriental Province, a judicial delegation visited, between 11 and 16 July, the town of Ango, located in its namesake territory of Ango, 600 km north of the provincial capital, Kisangani, to evaluate possible sites to locate the newly created court of peace for the territory. The evaluation mission, which included representatives of the Justice Support and Human Rights sections of MONUSCO, was undertaken in the wake of…
Bunia, 23 July 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated Friday 19 July, a fence wall built for Andisoma primary school, in the city of Bunia, Eastern Province. It is a 40-meter long wall, with two gates at the main entrance of the primary school which is one of the largest schools in Bunia. The project, worth $5,044, was fully funded by MONUSCO quick impact projects and…
Bukavu, 22 July 2013 – MONUSCO officially turned over to the South-Kivu provincial authorities the keys for the newly rehabilitated building to host the Lwiro Natural Sciences Research Center, in the territory of Kabare, on 20 July, in a ceremony attended by the provincial Governor and chief of MONUSCO/South- Kivu office in Bukavu. The center was rehabilitated and equipped within the framework of the quick impact projects. Addressing the ceremony…
Kananga, 19 July 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), through its Human Rights section, officially handed over the key to the Children's Courthouse to the provincial authorities today, after renovating the building as part of its quick impact projects. The rehabilitation works on the Children Courthouse started on 27 February and was completed on 15 July, for the total cost of 24, 884 US dollars. The handover…
Kisangani, 19 July 2013 – The MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos since Cruz, visited MONUSCO sector 2 troops in Kisangani on 17 July 2013. The visit, his first here since officially assuming that function, was one of reconnaissance and making contact with the MONUSCO troops deployed in Kisangani. At the UN mission's Kisangani headquarters, General dos Santos Cruz, accompanied by his close collaborators, was greeted with…
Kinshasa, 17 July 2013 – Yesterday government sources in Rwanda, reflected in national and international media, reported on "deliberate bombings" of Rwandan territory that would have originated from the DRC. MONUSCO, while on high alert in view of the intense fighting triggered by M-23 attacks on FARDC positions, has not fired any weapon on 15 July which is the date these "bombings" would have occurred. MONUSCO encourages the government of Rwanda…