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Bukavu, 9 April 2013 – In Bukavu, Sud Kivu, the Public Information Office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized, on 4 April 2013, a one-day training workshop for journalists…

Mbandaka, 11 April 2013 – From 8 to 10 April 2013, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the Project to Support Decentralization and Local…

Goma, 20 May 2013 – A hundred diggers and villagers were buried following deadly landslide Thursday 16 May 2013 in a mining zone in Masisi. The accident happened six kilometers from Rubaya, a locality situated between Koyi…

Kisangani, 17 May 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and several partners wound up a nine-day capacity-building training in Kisangani, administrative…

Bukavu, 9 May 2013 – The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center organized weapons demolition operation on 9 April 2013 in Bukavu, the capital city of the South Kivu province in collaboration with the Disarmament…

Kinshasa, 23 May 2013 – During his joint visit to Kinshasa on 22 May 2013 with the President of the World Bank Group, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon said he would convene a meeting in May 2013 to review the…

Kinshasa, 23 May 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon arrived this Thursday morning in the Nord Kivu province from Kinshasa as part of a joint mission to the sub-region with the President of the World Bank…

Kinshasa, 22 May 2013 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) announces that the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has started this morning his official visit to the DRC. This visit should be seen in…

Kinshasa, 22 may 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mary Robinson, met with Congolese civil society representatives in Kinshasa on Tuesday for an exchange of views…

Kananga, 17 May 2013 – In Kananga, Western Kasai province, the Electoral, Public Information and Civil Affairs sections of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…

Kinshasa, 21 May 2013 - Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, has expressed her concern about the recent outbreak of fighting in locations near Goma, in the eastern…

By Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Kim Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours…