Bunia, 26 August 2013 – Within the framework of the working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 22 to 28 August 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Flavia Pansieri visited the district of Ituri, Eastern province from 24 to 26 August 2013 to assess the human rights situation there. Additionally, Mrs. Pansieri assessed the work done by the United Nations Human Rights Joint Office in that part of the country…
Bunia, 27 August 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) officially handed on Monday 26 August 2013 to local authorities in Bunia, district of Ituri, a safe drinking water fountain built to facilitate access to clean drinking water in this district. The fountain, built within the framework of MONUSCO quick impact projects, is located at Bankoko, one of the twelve districts of the city of Bunia. The work was carried…
Goma, 26 August 2013 - Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo wound up a three-day visit to Goma on 26 August 2013. The mission was undertaken a day after a bomb shell launched by M23 elements fell on the city of Goma killing three people. The chief of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) arrived in the capital of the North-Kivu province on 22…
Kinshasa, 28 August 2013 – A Peacekeeper was killed on 28 August as the M23 directed artillery fire on a United Nations position close to Kibati heights north of Goma. The attack occurred as MONUSCO supported action by the FARDC to push the M23 off the heights from where they have been shelling Goma. "I am outraged by today's killing of a United Nations Peacekeeper from Tanzania by the M23", says Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the…
Kinshasa, 28 August 2013 – A Peacekeeper was killed on 28 August as the M23 directed artillery fire on a United Nations position close to Kibati heights north of Goma. The attack occurred as MONUSCO supported action by the FARDC to push the M23 off the heights from where they have been shelling Goma. "I am outraged by today's killing of a United Nations Peacekeeper from Tanzania by the M23", says Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the…
Goma, 24 August 2013 – The head of MONUSCO deplores the death of two civilians who were killed in demonstrations in Goma on Saturday (24 August 2013) and has called for a joint inquiry by the DRC Police (PNC) and MONUSCO's Police Cell, UNPOL. In the mean time fighting continues between FARDC and the M23 rebels. MONUSCO forces continue to support the efforts of FARDC with all the means at its disposal. During the fighting mortar shells fired from…
Goma, 24 August 2013 – Fire fight resumed early this morning between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the rebel Movement of March 23 (M23) at Kibati (15km from Goma) in Nyiragongo territory. Two (2) mortar bombs fired by M23 landed at NDOSHO quarter in the town of Goma causing the death of three (3) civilians, wounding several inhabitants and creating important material damages. The Special Representative of the…
Bunia, 20 August 2013 – After refurbishing and equipping the hospital ward for women affected by fistula in Bunia, the district of Ituri in the Eastern Province, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated and turned over the rehabilitated wards to the local authorities on 19 August 2013. The inauguration ceremony of Rwankole hospital ward coincided with the commemoration of the World Humanitarian Day. The ward was…
Kisangani, 19 August 2013 – Congolese National Police in the Eastern province will launch soon a recruitment campaign for more women to join the police force. To support this initiative, the UN Police (UNPOL) in Kisangani, the provincial capital, sought the collaboration of the Congolese national Radio and Television network, known by its French acronym RTNC, to come up with public service announcement that will be carried out by the local radio…
Kinshasa, 22 August 2013 – On 21 August, fighting resumed between FARDC and M23 in the Kibati area, 15 km north of Goma. Populated areas and UN positions were directly targeted by mortars and hit by indiscriminate fire. "I have ordered the MONUSCO Force to react and to take necessary action to protect civilians and prevent an advance by the M-23", said Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO.