Goma, 20 May 2013 – A hundred diggers and villagers were buried following deadly landslide Thursday 16 May 2013 in a mining zone in Masisi. The accident happened six kilometers from Rubaya, a locality situated between Koyi and Nvuguto, an area with highly steep hills, accessible only on foot. MONUSCO team, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo travelled to the scene of the tragedy to assess the…
Kisangani, 17 May 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and several partners wound up a nine-day capacity-building training in Kisangani, administrative capital of province Orientale on 16 May 2013. The training was aimed at enhancing prison staff capacity and reviving registrar's service for the detention centers known as "prison centrale and camp de haute détention d'Osio"…
Bukavu, 9 May 2013 – The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center organized weapons demolition operation on 9 April 2013 in Bukavu, the capital city of the South Kivu province in collaboration with the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement section (DDRRR) of the United Nations Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) to destroy the weapons collected from the ex-combatants and armed groups from different parts of…
Kinshasa, 23 May 2013 – During his joint visit to Kinshasa on 22 May 2013 with the President of the World Bank Group, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon said he would convene a meeting in May 2013 to review the progress made thus far by the Framework-Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region. "I will convene a meeting on 26 May to review the status of the implementation of the…
Kinshasa, 23 May 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon arrived this Thursday morning in the Nord Kivu province from Kinshasa as part of a joint mission to the sub-region with the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim. The purpose of the visit is to back the implementation of the Framework Agreement signed at Addis-Ababa on 24 February by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda as well as eight other countries…
Kinshasa, 22 May 2013 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) announces that the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has started this morning his official visit to the DRC. This visit should be seen in the context of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Region. The visit to the DRC is part of a regional tour with visits also to Rwanda and Uganda, as well as Ethiopia, where the Secretary-General…
Kinshasa, 22 may 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mary Robinson, met with Congolese civil society representatives in Kinshasa on Tuesday for an exchange of views on the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region, which was concluded and signed in Addis Ababa on 24 February 2013. On her previous visit to the DRC in April, the Special…
Kananga, 17 May 2013 – In Kananga, Western Kasai province, the Electoral, Public Information and Civil Affairs sections of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in partnership with the High Council for Youth, organized, on 16 May 2013, a training session on the theme of "The youth's contribution to the development of democracy". Nearly one hundred young people from various youths'…
Kinshasa, 21 May 2013 - Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, has expressed her concern about the recent outbreak of fighting in locations near Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, while underscoring her strong support for all efforts underway at this time to bring peace and stability to the region. "The suffering and displacement of the people, especially women and…
By Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Kim Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours, educate millions of out-of-school children, empower women, and create economic opportunities that will help the countries forge a path to prosperity, good governance, and lasting stability.