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Bukavu, 22 July 2013 – MONUSCO officially turned over to the South-Kivu provincial authorities the keys for the newly rehabilitated building to host the Lwiro Natural Sciences Research Center, in the territory of Kabare, on…

Kananga, 19 July 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), through its Human Rights section, officially handed over the key to the Children's Courthouse to the provincial authorities today…

Kisangani, 19 July 2013 – The MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos since Cruz, visited MONUSCO sector 2 troops in Kisangani on 17 July 2013. The visit, his first here since officially assuming that…

Kinshasa, 17 July 2013 – Yesterday government sources in Rwanda, reflected in national and international media, reported on "deliberate bombings" of Rwandan territory that would have originated from the DRC. MONUSCO, while on…

Kinshasa, 15 July 2013 – Following reports of human rights abuses by ADF against civilians in Kamango district near Beni in North Kivu, a UN patrol comprising of Nepalese and Jordanian troops was sent to assess the security…

Kinshasa, 14 July 2013 –In the afternoon of 14 July, heavy fighting broke out in Mutaho, 8 km NW of Goma, after an FARDC position in the locality was attacked by a significant group of the M-23. The attack occurred after the…

Kinshasa, 14 July 2013 –In the afternoon of 14 July, heavy fighting broke out in Mutaho, 8 km NW of Goma, after an FARDC position in the locality was attacked by a significant group of the M-23. The attack occurred after the…

Mbuji-Mayi, 8 July 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) rehabilitated two public buildings, including an elementary school and a court house, in the province of Eastern…

Beni, 10 July 2013 – General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, Force Commander for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), along with MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade commander, and Ray…

Beni, 8 July 2013 – On 5 July, the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Beni, officially handed over to the National Police a fence built for its headquarters in…

Beni, 8 July 2013 - As part of the activities commemorating the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office…

Kinshasa/Geneva 9 July 2013 – Two years after the enactment of the law criminalizing torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) welcomes progress in the fight against this scourge and the first convictions…