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Kinshasa, 29 May 2011 - In a simple, but emotionally-charged ceremony on 29 May, the Russian Embassy in Kinshasa, unveiled a plaque in remembrance and honor of Major Vacheslev Budarin, died in service while serving as a…

Dongo, 25 May 2011 - In the villages of Munzaya and Enyele, with a population totaling 4,000 people, you hear young men marching and singing. A year ago that sound would have been different. Singing would have been followed…

Kinshasa, 27 May 2011 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) celebrated Peacekeepers' Day in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on 27 May, two…

Kinshasa, 26 May 2011 – As a prelude to the celebration of Peacekeepers' Day this year, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic of Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated a visitor's hall at the Makala central prison…

Goma, 30 May 2011 - The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Section of MONUSCO is responsible for repatriating all foreign combatants in the DRC and assisting the government in…

Bunia, 25 May 2011 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) granted the Democratic Republic of Congo 2,929,735 dollars to bolster the country's resolve to combat sexual violence. The funds are to…

Source: National Public Radio in "All Things Considered", Washington, 4 May 2011 Michele Norris talks with the head of U.N. Peacekeeping Operations, about sexual violence in the Congo and the impact of Rwanda on future…

Goma, 19 May 2011 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Section has just ended a three-day public awareness campaign from 12 May which was to encourage peace…

Bukavu, 20 May 2011 – Following the high rate of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, both the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)…

Kisangani, 17 May 2011 – A project to train school dropouts and homeless youths in bakery and soap making was inaugurated on 17 May 2011 in Kisangani, capital of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Province…

Bukavu, 18 May 2011 - A new operation code named "Akikisha Usalama," or "Peace by any Means" was launched on 12 May 2011 by the Sud-Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Kisangani, 16 May 2011 - In Province Orientale's territory of Opala, district of Tshopo, nine Congolese police officers were condemned to jail terms ranging from twelve months to life imprisonment, after a military court…