Goma, 03 February 2011 - Last year 1881 rebel combatants from the militia group known as the FDLR - the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda - opted for voluntary surrender and disarmament to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

New York, 4 February 2011 - Rape victims from Songo Mboyo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were presented with a boat as a gesture of solidarity from the United Nations on Monday, 7 February, in Mbandaka, DRC.

Ntoto, 29 January 2011 - For the second time in a week MONUSCO Blue Helmets intervened in the North Kivu town of Ntoto and rescued six Congolese National Police Officers that were abducted by Mai Mai fighters.