Kinshasa, 7 February 2016 – All MONUSCO staff and the chief of MONUSCO Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC congratulates “Les Leopards,” the Congolese National team, on their wonderful victory on Sunday 7 February 2016, during the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2016. “I warmly congratulate the Congolese football players on their splendid performance and victory, as well as the…
Press Statement of MONUSCO Regarding Operations Against Armed Groups in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, 2 nd February 2016 - In response to press queries about the resumption of military cooperation between MONUSCO and the FARDC, the Mission would like to provide the following clarifications: The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sovereign and primary responsibility for the protection of its citizens…
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Representatives of signatory states of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Region met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28 January 2016, in the margins of the 28th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council. The United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern…
Beni - 27 January 2016, MONUSCO launched rehabilitation and asphalting work on the Beni airport runway “Mavivi” in a ceremony attended by the mayor of Beni, Nyonyi Bwanakawa. The rehabilitation work on the Beni airport will facilitate the ongoing military operations in Beni. This airport is gradually being used for the tactical operations of MONUSCO Intervention Brigade, with the 3000 peacekeepers deployed. This explains the need for having a…
Beni, on 28 January 2016 – MONUSCO Quick Impact Projects (Quips) delegation travelled to Eringeti hospital, in the territory of Beni, to assess the progress made on the reconstruction of the hospital and ensure that the population of Eringeti will soon be able to visit their hospital. Eringeti health clinic, with 110-bed accommodation capacity, receives local civilian population, FARDC military personnel injured in the ongoing operations against…
Durant le mois de décembre 2015, le BCNUDH a documenté 347 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une légère hausse par rapport au mois de novembre 2015 au cours duquel 338 violations avaient été enregistrées. En particulier, le BCNUDH a documenté 45 violations des droits de l’homme liées au processus électoral. Les provinces les plus touchées restent celles de l’est de la RDC, à savoir les provinces du…
14 January 2016 – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces “very real risks of unrest and violence” over elections later this year while confronting a “significant deterioration” of security in its war-torn eastern provinces, the top United Nations official in the country warned today. “Presidential and legislative elections scheduled for November of this year are a deeply divisive issue, particularly given the continued absence of an agreed…
The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 43 of Security Council resolution 2211 (2015). It covers major developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since my report of 28 September 2015 (S/2015/741), including with regard to the situation on the ground and progress made by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the implementation of its commitments under the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Tuesday 29 th december the appointment of Lieutenant General Derick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi of South Africa as Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). He succeeds Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz of Brazil, who completed his assignment on 2 December 2015. The Secretary-General is grateful to General…
This is what emerged from the press encounter held on Wednesday 23 December 2015 at the Mission’s headquarters in Uvira, South Kivu. For this last meeting with journalists for the year 2015, the focus was on MONUSCO’s major results or achievements in the two territories, Fizi and Uvira.While it is not feasible to list here all positive results achieved by MONUSCO in those two territories in 2015, it needs to be mentioned that the Mission’s…