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Kinshasa 19th September 2016 – MONUSCO expresses its deep concern about the violent clashes between protestors and security forces in Kinshasa and several other locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and regrets…

Kinshasa, 17 September 2016 - Sixteen civil society activists of the Union of Congolese Youth for Change were arrested on 15 and 16 September in Kinshasa while holding an activity on electoral civic education. The arrests…

Goma - 11 September 2016: The United Nations Under Secretary General for the Department of Field Support Atul Khare has arrived in Goma on Sunday 11 September, 2016 in continuation of his official visit to MONUSCO on how to…

Durant le mois d’août 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 393 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse par rapport au mois de juillet 2016 au cours duquel 383 violations avaient été…

Kinshasa September 10, 2016 - Between 24 August and 1 September MONUSCO extracted some 291 individuals from the Garamba National Park on humanitarian grounds. Many of these individuals were wounded, acutely malnourished or in…

The Secretary-General takes note of the launching on 1 September of the National Dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He remains convinced that only an inclusive political dialogue will help pave the way…

Kinshasa 3 September 2016 – On 31 August 2016, a man having introduced himself as FDLR combatant surrendered to MONUSCO DDR/RR staff in Sange (South-Kivu), to apply for his repatriation to Rwanda. After additional…

Durant le mois de juillet 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 383 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une baisse par rapport au mois de juin 2016 au cours duquel 422 violations avaient été…

The Secretary-General continues to follow closely the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in particular the political dialogue process. He takes note of today’s meeting of the preparatory committee to the…

Entebbe, 18 August, 2016- The HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO has ended a two-day-workshop in the Ugandan town of Entebbe. The workshop that was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of at least 50 civilians on 13 August in the area of Rwangoma village, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), by…

15 August 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined his envoys from the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today in strongly condemning the killing of dozens of civilians during…