Press Releases

  • MONUSCO encourages Rwanda to work with the E-JVM to investigate reported “bombings”
    17 Jul 2013 - Kinshasa, 17 July 2013 – Yesterday government sources in Rwanda, reflected in national and international media, reported on "deliberate bombings" of Rwandan territory that would have originated from the DRC. MONUSCO, while on high alert in view of the intense fighting...
  • MONUSCO repels ADF ambush on its troops
    15 Jul 2013 - Kinshasa, 15 July 2013 – Following reports of human rights abuses by ADF against civilians in Kamango district near Beni in North Kivu, a UN patrol comprising of Nepalese and Jordanian troops was sent to assess the security situation in the area and address concerns related to...
  • MONUSCO expresses deep concern over M-23 attack and warns against any action that will threaten Goma
    15 Jul 2013 - Kinshasa, 14 July 2013 –In the afternoon of 14 July, heavy fighting broke out in Mutaho, 8 km NW of Goma, after an FARDC position in the locality was attacked by a significant group of the M-23. The attack occurred after the M23 had reinforced its positions around Kibati,...
  • The United Nations welcome that « Criminalization of torture in the DRC is moving forward »
    10 Jul 2013 - Kinshasa/Geneva 9 July 2013 – Two years after the enactment of the law criminalizing torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) welcomes progress in the fight against this scourge and the first convictions of state agents who have practiced or encouraged...
  • MONUSCO strongly condemns serious violations by Mayi-Mayi Sheka in North Kivu
    27 Jun 2013 - Kinshasa, 27 June 2013 – Continued attacks against civilians by Mayi-Mayi combatants, under the command of Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, in Walikale territory, North Kivu, remain a major concern for MONUSCO. Sheka has been accused since 2010 of serious Human Rights violations,...
  • The UN concerned over 53 children at risk of being retaken by the M23 in Nyiragongo, North Kivu
    10 Jun 2013 - Kinshasa, 10 June 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, are concerned by reports indicating...
  • 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...

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