19 Oct 2013 -
Kinshasa, 19 October 2013: MONUSCO deplores the lack of progress in prosecuting the perpetrators of gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including mass rape, committed in November 2012 in Minova, Kalehe territory, South Kivu province, and in...
11 Oct 2013 - “MONUSCO air missions shall proceed”
Kinshasa, 11 October 2013 – This afternoon, an unarmed MONUSCO helicopter came under direct fire from positions held by the March 23 (M23) rebel movement in the Rumangabo region.
The Head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, condemned the attack in...
28 Sep 2013 -
Kinshasa, 28 September 2013: In the night of 21-22 September 2013, one FARDC colonel escaped from Bukavu prison less than two weeks after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Military Court of South-Kivu province. The colonel escaped along with another inmate, an FARDC...
25 Sep 2013 -
Kinshasa, 25 September 2013: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) strongly condemns the attacks on schools and hospitals committed by parties to the conflict, in particular by the armed group ADF in Beni...
28 Aug 2013 -
Kinshasa, 28 August 2013 – A Peacekeeper was killed on 28 August as the M23 directed artillery fire on a United Nations position close to Kibati heights north of Goma. The attack occurred as MONUSCO supported action by the FARDC to push the M23 off the heights from where they...
24 Aug 2013 -
Goma, 24 August 2013 – Fire fight resumed early this morning between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the rebel Movement of March 23 (M23) at Kibati (15km from Goma) in Nyiragongo territory. Two (2) mortar bombs fired by M23 landed at NDOSHO...
22 Aug 2013 -
Kinshasa, 22 August 2013 – On 21 August, fighting resumed between FARDC and M23 in the Kibati area, 15 km north of Goma. Populated areas and UN positions were directly targeted by mortars and hit by indiscriminate fire.
"I have ordered the MONUSCO Force to react and to take...
16 Aug 2013 -
Kinshasa, 16 August 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the separation, on 11 and 15 August 2013, of 82 children, including 13 girls, from Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga armed group. The children, aged...
16 Aug 2013 -
Kinshasa, 16 August 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the separation, on 11 and 15 August 2013, of 82 children, including 13 girls, from Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga armed group. The children, aged...
30 Jul 2013 -
Kinshasa, 30 July 2013 – In North Kivu, MONUSCO considers any individuals who are not members of the national security forces and who carries a firearm in Goma and its northern suburbs an imminent threat to civilians and will disarm them in order to enforce a security zone to...