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Thirty-five years since the emergence of AIDS, the international community can look back with some pride but we must also look ahead with resolve and commitment to reach our goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. There has…

Kinshasa, 27 November 2016 - A group of some 50 Mayi-Mayi Mazembe this morning attacked over 1000 Hutu displaced families, located at Luhanga in North Kivu, killing more than 20 and injuring a similar number. A MONUSCO…

Prelude to the commemoration of the World AIDS Day on Thursday, 1 December, 2016, the HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO just organized a vast campaign of sensitization, voluntary and confidential counseling and testing at the…

Durant le mois d’octobre 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 434 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une baisse importante par rapport au mois de septembre 2016 au cours duquel 506…

Uvira, 10 November 2016 - The two communities situated in the territory of Fizi were largely represented in the two-day workshop. About 100 people took part in the workshop: local traditional leaders, chiefs of sectors, civil…

Kinshasa 8 November 2016 - - An explosive device exploded this morning in Keyshero, a district situated west of the city of Goma in the North Kivu province, when the Indian peacekeepers were conducting their morning exercise…

GENEVA (3 November 2016) - A group of United Nations human rights experts* has called on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to lift an “unjustified” ban on protests in the capital, Kinshasa, amid social…

Bunia, 31 October 2016: The Mai-Mai Simba and the militia group known as “Force de Résistance Patriotique de l’Ituri” FRPI, must stop committing exactions against civilian population.” This is the gist of the message…

UNMAS DRC - Goma armoury handover ceremony.

Durant le mois de septembre 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 506 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse importante par rapport au mois d’août 2016 au cours duquel 393 violations…

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KINSHASA/GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Congolese police, armed forces and the Republican Guard used excessive – including lethal – force during demonstrations in Kinshasa last month, when at least 53 people were killed over two…