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Mbandaka, 30 November 2012 – After a month-long dispute between the Governor of Equateur province, Jean-Claude Baende, and the Provincial Assembly Speaker, Jean-Gontran Ibambe, the two local authorities are back to a cordial…

Mbandaka, 30 November 2012 - The Centre de Formation international en Droits humains et Développement (International Human Rights and Development Training Center) launched a training workshop in Mbandaka, the provincial…

Kananga, 3 December 2012 – A three-day awareness campaign to take vitamin A supplements and to disinfest children was launched on 27 November in Kananga, Kasaï Occidental, by the provincial Minister of Health in partnership…

Mbandaka, 26 November 2012 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), through its Civil Affairs section…

4 December 2012 – Amid reports of volatility in the area, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is concerned about the security of displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after an…

1 December 2012 – The United Nations has welcomed the withdrawal of the 23 March Movement (M23) armed group from Goma, a provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while also calling for…

3 December 2012 – The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today expressed disappointment at a recent decision taken by national authorities to suspend the transmissions of…

3 December 2012 – The humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains "extremely worrying," a United Nations official said today, with at least 130,000 displaced persons in and around the…

Kinshasa, 2 December 2012: The United Nations Organization Mission Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo expresses deep disappointment at a decision taken by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la…

Matadi, 9 November 2012 - A training of trainer's workshop on a law regulating public finances started in Matadi, capital of Bas-Congo province on 19 November 2012. The Coordinator of the United Nations Joint Office in this…

Matadi, 9 November 2012 - A training of trainer's workshop on a law regulating public finances started in Matadi, capital of Bas-Congo province on 19 November 2012. The Coordinator of the United Nations Joint Office in this…

Matadi, 26 November 2012 – Senior staff members of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and Bas-Congo authorities attended a meeting held in the provincial…