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Kinshasa, 2 March 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) expresses deep concern about the renewed fighting between rival groups in Rutshuru and Masisi territories, in…

Goma, 26 February 2013 – The Police of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is planning to develop a pilot project of more than one million dollars to train and…

15 February 2013 – The United Nations food relief agency today said it will fly in 20 metric tons of emergency food supplies to recently displaced persons in the town of Punia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

Goma, 14 February 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) held an awareness-raising session in Goma on Thursday, 14 February 2013, to inform local women on…

Bukavu, 14 February 2013 – On 6 February 2013, some fifty women leaders and a number of local administrative authorities of the territories of Kalehe and Mwenga, Sud Kivu province, took part in a day of reflection and…

Goma, 11 February 2013 – Following the deferment of the signing of the Framework Agreement on the future deployment of the joint UN and African Union International Neutral Force last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, several…

Kisangani, 8 February 2013 – The National Plan of Action to combat the recruitment and use of children as well as other serious forms of violations of children's rights by the armed forces and security services of the…

Bukavu, 8 February 2013 – A training workshop for 75 court clerks, including 16 women, all hailing from Nord and Sud Kivu provinces, is taking place in Bukavu, the capital of Sud Kivu. The workshop, which started on 4…

6 February 2013 – The head of United Nations peacekeeping today highlighted the role being played by "blue helmets" in a variety of hotspots worldwide, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan, and told…

Goma, 8 February 2013 – "We have witnessed the difficult conditions under which displaced persons (IDPs) live in camps here. They face so many challenges", said Liliane Ploumen the Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation…

Dungu, 5 February 2013 - On Tuesday, 5 February 2013, the Child Protection section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), UNICEF and the office of the Administrator of…

Bunia, 5 February 2013 – Community police, a concept often misused in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but with no significant impact on the population, is undergoing a thorough review in Ituri district, Province Orientale…