From 30 July to 2 August 2010, a coalition of forces of the Mayi Mayi Cheka and the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) as well as forces under Colonel Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, a total of at least 200 fighters, systematically attacked civilians in 13 villages along the Kibua-Mpofi road in Walikale territory, province of North Kivu. The assailants looted most of these villages, committed mass rapes of women, me and children, abducted…
Kinshasa, 05 October 2010 – A joint action carried out by MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade and the Government of DRC, on 05 October 2010 in the region of Walikale resulted in the arrest of "Lt-Col" Mayele, a member of the Mai Mai Cheka group. "Lt-Col" Mayele is suspected – along with other people – of ordering the mass rapes and other human rights violations which were committed between 30 July and 02 August 2010 in Walikale territory, North Kivu…
Geneva, 1 October 2010 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released Friday a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a ten-year period by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Tens of thousands of people were killed, and numerous others were raped, mutilated or otherwise victimized during the decade. The report also examines…
Kinshasa/Geneva, 29 September 2010 – A high-level panel, convened by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will meet with and hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the DRC. Through interactive dialogue, survivors and other stakeholders will have an opportunity to share their experience of and opinions on the various judicial, medical, psycho-social and socio-economic reintegration measures available to respond to their needs in terms…
Kinshasa, 28 September 2010 - Margot Wallstrom is in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a working visit from 28 September to 6 October 2010. This is a follow up to her previous mission to the country in April 2010; and also, in conformity with the demand of the UN Secretary-General, to coordinate the United Nations System's response after the mass rapes that took place from late July to early August in North Kivu. The Special Representative on…
Kinshasa, 24 September 2010 - The United Nations publishes the preliminary report of a special inquiry into mass rapes and other human rights violations committed between 30 July and 2 August during attacks by armed groups in the territory of Walikale, North Kivu province. From 25 August to 2 September 2010, a team from the United Nations Human Rights Joint Office (UNHRJO) in the DRC visited 13 villages along the Kibua-Mpofi axis to conduct an in…
Mbandaka, 23 September 2010 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC during a working visit to the administrative town of Equateur province urged to ponder for a while and make an assessment of the achievements made by the DRC for the past ten years, while acknowledging that there was still a lot to be achieved to get the country in general and Equateur province in particular, out of the cycle of violence and for…
Mbandaka, 21 September 2010 - Seventy-five officers from the Congolese National Police (PNC)'s Mobile Intervention Group are undergoing training of modern techniques for maintaining and restoring public order. The 10-day programme is provided by MONUSCO Civilian Police as part of the UN Mission's support to Security Sector Reforms' efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The opening ceremony of the training was held at the Hewa Bora…
Kinshasa, 21 September 2010 – The entire world celebrated the UN International Peace Day 2010, dedicated to cease-fire and non-violence every year. The year 2010's theme, 'Youth for Peace and Development' also coincides with the launch of the International Year of Youth. Various activities were organised by MONUSCO and its partners to mark the day across the DRC. The United Nations Secretary-General's message highlighted that 'Peace is a precious…
Kinshasa, 20 September 2010 - Ms Olamide Adedeji, Director of MONUSCO office in Ituri and Director a. i. Public Information division, died yesterday in Kinshasa. Mrs Adedeji was 60 years old. She joined the Mission in 2004 as Senior Special Adviser to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DR Congo. Subsequently she served as Head of MONUC / MONUSCO Office in Matadi, Kampala, and Bunia in Ituri. Following is the message of…