Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, condemns the recent violence between communities in South Kivu and calls for the immediate end to the clashes. Kinshasa, 08 June 2014 - Violent clashes took place last Friday between the Bafuliru and Barundi/Banyamulenge communities in Uvira, South Kivu province. The inter-ethnical clashes claim many victims. At least thirty dead and fifteen injured were reported. “This violence is unacceptable and must stop…
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Dungu, district of Haut-Uele, Eastern Province, noticed since early 2014, a flow of Congolese refugees returning home from Makpandu camp, in the South Sudan, about 60 Km away from the Congolese border. Since 2008, progressive sedentarization of roughly 357 000 people was noticed, following recurrent activities of the Ugandan rebels of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA), who frequently…
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russ Feingold, Special Representative of the African Union Boubacar Diarra, European Union Senior Coordinator for the Great Lakes Region KoenVervaeke, and UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in the DRC Martin Kobler note the letter of April 18, 2014, signed by a…
On 29 May, we celebrate International Peacekeeping Day and the contributions of UN Volunteers to advance peace in the world. For this occasion, DRC in Focus met, Kevin Gilroy, Chief of Peace and Development Division, UNV, on the eve of his departure from UNV in May of 2014. After many years spent with the UNV Programme at headquarters and in the field, he shares with us his experience and thoughts especially given his key in building the 22-year…
PNC stations in Nguilima district, located 45 km away from the west of the city of Dungu, in the territory of Haut-Uele, Eastern Province reopened on 23 May 2014; PNC activities there were disrupted in 2008 following a number of raids by Ugandan rebels of the Lord Resistant Army (LRA) The reopening of PNC station in this district is the culmination of several months’ advocacy efforts by MONUSCO Police (UNPOL) with PNC senior management. Local…
Members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission’s senior military command met in Goma on 9 and 10 May 2014 under the chairmanship of the Force Commander Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz to discuss civilians’ protection and security which are both central to MONUSCO’s mandate. On the 1 st day of the meeting, General dos Santos Cruz congratulated the Brigades and Sector Commanders on the work achieved up to date, before giving them directives on…
Bangladeshi Peacekeepers of the UN Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), launched Wednesday 21 May 2014 in Bunia, the administrative capital of the district of Ituri, a training session around the basics for the practical use of IT tools intended for the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) Altogether 16 learners including 2 women participated in a training which is part of MONUSCO technical…
Martin Kobler, Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies et Chef de la MONUSCO Zainab Hawa Bangura, Représentante Spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargée de la question des violences sexuelles commises en période de conflit Ces haut responsables onusiens exigent un arrêt immédiat des expulsions des ressortissants de la RDC et demandent aux autorités de la République du Congo (Brazzaville) d’enquêter sur les…
Mbandaka, 21 May 2014 - In a memorandum submitted Wednesday 21 May 2014 to the office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)/Mbandaka, the administrative capital of Equateur province, local civil society organizations want the UN Mission to remain in Equateur. Addressed by the provincial Coordinator of the New Congolese Civil society organizations NSCC/Equateur to the UN Secretary-General through…
Dungu, 13 May 2014 – The 150 elements of the Guatemalan Forces deployed within the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) were awarded UN medals on 13 May 2014 in Dungu, Eastern Province, after duly completing their 9-month service in the country. This was the 13th rotation of the Guatemalan military contingent deployed in Eastern DRC, which made outstanding contributions to the FARDC-led operations, with support…