Press Releases

  • Lake Kivu
    05 May 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, deplores loss of lives in a shipwreck on Lake Kivu. MONUSCO mobilized in support of the victims. Kinshasa, 05 May 2014 – “It is with a very heavy heart that I learned today’s shipwreck on Lake Kivu. My thoughts are with the families of the...
  • North Kivu:
    13 Apr 2014 - Following strong increase in volcanic activity in Goma areas, Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO offers support to provincial authorities Kinshasa, 13 April 2014: “MONUSCO has offered assistance to the North Kivu authorities and will work closely with North Kivu officials in...
  • Martin Kobler, the Head of MONUSCO, calls for natural resources that benefit everyone
    24 Mar 2014 - Goma, 24 March 2014: Martin Kobler, the Head of MONUSCO announced this Monday the United Nations’ support for regulated, fair and clean exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “The United Nations family is prepared to back the exploitation,...
  • Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief, welcomes ICC decision on Congolese warlord
    07 Mar 2014 - Kinshasa, 7 March 2014: Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC, expressed his strong appreciation following the verdict rendered earlier today by the International Criminal Court which found former militia leader Germain...
  • North Kivu:
    04 Mar 2014 - Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns the grenade attack on a MONUSCO convoy in Beni Kinshasa, 03 Mars 2014: On Monday, a MONUSCO vehicle was attacked with grenades in the Beni region of North Kivu. “This attack directed against MONUSCO is...
  • Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief deplores last night’s violence in Bukavu, South-Kivu province
    21 Feb 2014 - Kinshasa, 21 February 2014: Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC has expressed deep concerns over yesterday’s acts of violence in Bukavu, “such events appeal to everyone’s conscience. I wish to remind the shared...
  • Martin Kobler: assault on UN peacekeepers in Bunia is unacceptable
    03 Feb 2014 - Kinshasa, 03 February 2014: Early this morning, demonstrators in Bunia stoned several UN cars. Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, said “This kind of assault on civilians and on our staff is not acceptable, whatever the reason”. During the incidents a...
  • Head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, strongly condemns attack by Mayi Mayi Cheka in Pinga
    21 Jan 2014 - Kinshasa, 14 January 2014: The Head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, strongly condemned the attack carried by Mayi Mayi Cheka against Pinga, 80 kilometers northeast of Walikale, North Kivu province, on the evening of Monday, 13 January. The FARDC retaliated and chased the armed...
  • Fraudulent use of MONUSCO truck in Goma
    21 Jan 2014 - Kinshasa, 10 January 2014 - MONUSCO is aware of a photo being circulated on the internet showing a MONUSCO truck in Goma during a demonstration.
  • MONUSCO strongly condemns attacks by a group of armed men in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Kindu
    31 Dec 2013 -
    Kinshasa, 31 December 2013: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is gravely concerned by attacks carried out concomitantly by armed men on 30 December 2013, on the headquarters of the Congolese National Radio and...

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