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Goma, 7 February 2011 – In Goma, political party leaders, civil society and army representatives, and students, among them many women, met on 7 February to talk peace. The Goma branch of Radio Okapi, initiated the discussion…

Beni, 9 March 2011 – In Beni, female staff of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) joined several local women in a parade marking the International Women's Day. Women from all social groups joined in a…

Kisangani, 7 March 2011 – On the eve of the commemoration of the International Women's Day, the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the local church donated foodstuffs and a specially…

This report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) addresses the human rights violations committed against civilians in the villages of Bushani and Kalambahiro in Masisi territory, North Kivu, on 31 December…

From 30 July to 2 August 2010, a coalition of forces of the Mayi Mayi Cheka and the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) as well as forces under Colonel Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, a total of at least 200 fighters…

On the night of 13 August 2004, a transit centre assisted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and housing Congolese refugees and Burundian returnees at Gatumba, Bujumbura Rural Province…

Geneva/Kinshasa, 20 March 2012 – A UN report released Tuesday details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by Congolese and security forces in the…

Kinshasa, 22 August 2011: Congolese authorities yesterday evening thwarted an attempt to smuggle approximately one ton of cassiterite ore from the DRC to Rwanda. The attempt was reportedly made by a national staff member of…