North-Kivu, June 24-26 - A team of MONUSCO police officers on a mission to the territory of Walikale, North-Kivu, from 24 to 26 June 2014, held an awareness sessions and operational capacity-building for Congolese police officers on maintenance and restoration of peace and public order in keeping with human rights standards. Technical and logistic support was provided by MONUSCO with a view to promoting civilians’ protection and restoration of…
« Mbandaka, 2 July 2014. » Central African refugees at Camp Molet, about thirty kilometers away from the DRC city of Zongo, north-west of Equateur province started returning to Bangui, amid persisting insecurity in the central African Capital. This was noticed by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday 2 July 2014 at DRC’s Immigration Department (DGM) and the civil society in Zongo. Central…
Kisangani, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) assisted the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in airlifting 15 tonnes of electoral kits to Kisangani on Tuesday 24 June 2014, in anticipation for the upcoming elections. The kits will be used to stabilize the operational mapping and to ensure reliability for the voters' register. Immediately after arriving…
Mutarule, 20 June 2014 - Martin Kobler, accompanied by UN French delegation travelled to Mutarule, in the Ruzizi plain, South-Kivu province on 20 June 2014 to encourage local communities to resolve inter-ethnic conflicts through dialogue after violent inter-ethnic clashes that left 33 civilian victims during the night of 6 - 7 June in that territory. The head of MONUSCO also advocated for restoration of confidence among local population as well…
13 June 2014: MONUSCO Police organized a 5-day re-training session on judiciary police techniques for Judiciary Police Officers in Uvira, South-Kivu province that ended on 13 June 2014 The retraining session, attended by 28 Judiciary Police Officers of the Congolese National Police force (PNC), was designed to help trainees improve the quality of investigations. Given by three MONUSCO Police trainers, the program had theoretical courses on the…
Bunia, 11 June 2014 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), through its Civil Affairs sections, assisted civil society organizations in Bunia, Ituri in organizing a debriefing workshop of a national forum held in Kinshasa from 10 to 11 June 2014. Altogether 53 delegates from civil society organizations from the five territories of Ituri, participated in the workshop whose objective was to debrief…
Uvira, 10 June 2014 – An inter-disciplinary MONUSCO team travelled to Mutarule on Thursday 10 June, in the territory of Uvira, South Kivu province to assess the security and humanitarian situations after the inter-communal clashes that erupted there on the night of 6 - 7 June 2014 that left 33 dead. Joined by MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, the Team noticed that Mutarule village was largely deserted and 10 houses…
Uvira, 10 juin 2014 - Une équipe pluridisciplinaire de la MONUSCO s’est rendue jeudi 10 juin à Mutarule, dans le territoire d’Uvira, dans la province du Sud Kivu, pour y évaluer la situation sécuritaire et humanitaire après les affrontements intercommunautaires survenus dans cette localité dans la nuit du 6 au 7 juin 2014 et faisant 33 morts. L’équipe, rejointe sur le terrain par le Commandant de la Force de la MONUSCO, le général Carlos Alberto…
Bukavu, 10 June 2014 - 83 FDLR members arrived at Kigoggo on 6 June 2014 to surrender and lay down weapons on a voluntary basis after several day-walks. They showed up at MONUSCO’s office along with 225 dependents including 166 children and 59 women. They laid down 83 weapons including 8 heavy ones in an official ceremony held on 09 June to contribute, from then on, as they said, to the efforts for restoring peace in DRC and the sub-region. After…
Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, calls for restoration of calm on the border between the DRC and Rwanda Kinshasa, 11 June 2014: Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, is concerned by the clashes which took place on 11 June between Congolese and Rwandan armed forces in the border area of Kibumba. He calls on all sides to deescalate tensions and to refrain from any further acts of violence. He also deplored the loss of human lives during the incident. “I…