17 January 2013 – The United Nations and its partners are appealing for $30.5 million to assist some 59,000 people who have been affected by the recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) eastern province of North Kivu. "The North Kivu Response Plan is our answer to the loss and suffering endured by thousands of people these past months," said the Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in…
14 January 2013 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) helped with special security arrangements put in place on 14 January 2013 to welcome Dr. Denis Mukwege, of Panzi General Reference Hospital, who was returning home after his two and a half months stay in Europe. Dr. Mukwege had been forced into temporary exile following an assassination attempt on him on 25 October 2012. The…
14 January 2013 – The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has welcomed the return to Bukavu of Denis Mukwege, a physician internationally known for his work with rape victims who was attacked at his residence last October. Dr. Mukwege, the founder and Director-General of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in South Kivu province, was attacked in his home by armed men who shot and killed his…
14 January 2013 - For many years, people and small animals crossing the runway have been a constant source of insecurity for aircrafts taking off and landing at Goma airport. To put an end to this situation and in an attempt to step up the security in the vicinity of the runway, the Congolese government called on MONUSCO for assistance. This came in the form of a technical and financial support to build an 8-kilometer barbed wire fence to secure…
3 January 2013 - The Nord Kivu Civil Society Provincial Coordination, in collaboration with the Civil Affairs and Public Information sections of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), organized a forum to raise public awareness about MONUSCO's mandate. Approximately 300 participants representing religious groups and ethnic communities of Nord Kivu, as well as universities and colleges…
The incident took place on 6 January 2013, about 80km north-east of the city of Goma, precisely at Kisheguru, a locality situated in the territory of Rutshuru. Two European tourists, a German and an Austrian traveling by road were kidnapped by members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). They legally entered the DRC on 5 January in Ishasha via Uganda. The ambush occurred while they were travelling to Béni, further north…
8 January 2013 – The United Nations official dealing with conflict-related sexual violence today welcomed the Security Council's imposition of sanctions on two armed groups active in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and 23 March Movement (M23). "The Security Council's sanctions committee for the DRC has led the way in focusing on crimes of sexual violence," the…
4 January 2013 – The substantial increase in violence among ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to a serious humanitarian crisis, displacing thousands of people who live in hostile conditions, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country said today. After conducting an evaluation mission last month to assess the security situation in the Masisi territory in North Kivu province, located in the country's…
29 December 2012 - Two ceremonies took place in the town of Bunyakiri, territory of Kalehe, about 80km south-west of the city of Bukavu, : the first was the inauguration of a bridge at Kitchanga and the second the issuance of certificates to young men and women after successfully completing a training on various professional occupations. The ceremony was attended by the chief of MONUSCO/Sud-Kivu office and the commander of MONUSCO Sud-Kivu…
3 January 2013 – In response to an increase in ethnic-related incidents and armed groups activities since September, MONUSCO sections in charge of civilian protections (civil affairs, human rights, child protection, UN Police) carried out a mission in Masisi from 26 to 31 December. The aim of the mission was to assess the security and humanitarian situation in the areas. Since September, Masisi-centre has witnessed an increase in the number of…