Kinshasa, 21 March 2011 – Some 50 senior military officers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), most of them majors and lieutenant-colonels, visited the Force of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the…
Kisangani, 16 March 2011 - The Rule of Law section of the regional office for the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) and a delegation from the Justice and Human Rights Ministry visited the detention center in…
Dungu, 21 March 2011 – For sometime now, insecurity in Dungu territory, Eastern province led farmers to give up their activities as it became impossible to venture even five kilometers from their villages without exposing…
Goma, 17 March 2011 – A huge amount of ammunitions were destroyed in recent months at Mubambiro-Sake, 27 km south of Goma, South Kivu province, by the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center (UNMACC), in collaboration…
Kikwit, 10 March 2011 – Between 2007 and 2010, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo – which became UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on 1 July 2010 – carried out a number of Quick…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Bukavu, 17 March 2011 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) launched a training seminar for traditional leaders from Idjwi territory to educate them on their role in the fight against impunity for sexual…
Kisangani, 19 March 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in DRC, Mr. Roger Meece and the Congolese Minister for Defense and war veterans, Mr. Charles Mwando Nsimba visited Eastern DRC between 18 and…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Ariwara, 14 March 2011 – For five days starting March 10, the Child Protection Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) held a workshop to inform both community leaders and students on the mandate of…
Mbandaka, 15 March 2011 – After more than a year of deadly armed conflict between the Enyele and the Monzaya, two communities in Dongo in the Kungu territory in Equateur province, the two communities have decided to make…
Bunia, 15 March 2011 – The Ituri branch of the National Press Union (UNPC), with the support of the regional office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), organized a two-day seminar on the treatment of…
Goma, 15 March 2011 – Fifty police officers who were being trained in Kapalata, Oriental province, were redeployed in North Kivu province following their return to Goma on 15 March. This last group concludes a one-year…
Kalehe, 15 March 2011 – Eleven soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)were convicted for crimes against humanity and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment, in…