Press Releases

  • Pakistani peacekeeper killed in an ambush in the South-Kivu province
    08 May 2013 - Kinshasa, 08 May 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack perpetrated Tuesday 7 May 2013 on one of its military convoy, between Walungu and Bukavu, in the Sud-Kivu...
  • Mayi-Mayi combatants inside MONUSCO compound in Lubumbashi surrender
    24 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 24 March 2013 – The UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the peaceful surrender of 245 Mayi-Mayi Kata Katanga combatants who sought refuge inside the MONUSCO compound in Lubumbashi, province of Katanga, on Saturday 23 March...
  • MONUSCO welcomes the surrender of Bosco Ntaganda
    19 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 19 March 2013 – The UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the surrender of the Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda and the decision by the United States to transfer him to The Hague, where he is wanted by the International...
  • UN helicopter accident in South Kivu
    12 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 12 March 2013 – The UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) regrets to announce the death of the four crew members on board of one of its civilian helicopters that crashed on Saturday 09 March some 20 kilometers west of the city of...
  • MONUSCO denounces the circulation of a fabricated document ascribed to the Mission
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques...
  • MONUSCO’s Mission Finds Rumors from Masisi, Nord-Kivu Province, Unfounded
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 2 January 2013: Between 21 and 24 December 2012, the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) dispatched an evaluation team to Mpati, Nyange and Bibwe in the territory of Masisi, Nord-Kivu province. The team...
  • MONUSCO denounces the circulation of a fabricated document ascribed to the Mission
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques...
  • United Nations Protest Suspension of Radio Okapi by CSAC
    04 Dec 2012 - Kinshasa, 2 December 2012: The United Nations Organization Mission Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo expresses deep disappointment at a decision taken by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication (CSAC) on 30 November to suspend the...
  • UN alarmed over killings in Masisi territory in DR Congo
    29 Aug 2012 - Kinshasa / Geneva 29 August 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the DRC, Roger Meece, expressed deep concern today over reports of further massacres of civilians in Masisi territory, North Kivu at the beginning of August - the latest in a series...
  • MONUSCO Denounces Recruitment of Children and Youth by M23 Armed Group
    07 Aug 2012 - Kinshasa, 7 August 2012 – The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) expressed deep concern today over growing evidence of forced recruitment of civilians by the M23 for both combat and non-combat purposes.
    "Whilst forced...

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