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MONUSCO strongly condemns serious violations by Mayi-Mayi Sheka in North Kivu
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…
MONUSCO Chief, Roger Meece, completes his three-year assignment, leaves the country
Kinshasa, 27 June 2013 - The Chief of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Roger Meece, left the Mission yesterday afternoon after completing his term of office…
Celebration of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Ituri
Bunia, 27 June 2012 - The Ituri district, in the northeastern Oriental Province, has, for a long time, suffered from the torments of armed conflicts. The civilian population has been the victim of all kinds of abuses and…
MONUSCO assists in bringing electricity to the detainees of Kabare prison in DR Congo
Bukavu, 27 June 2013 - The South-Kivu Governor, Marcellin Cishambo, inaugurated on 26 June 2013, a quick impact project of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…
UN Secretary-General and President of the World Bank Group on official joint visit to eastern DRC
Goma, 24 May 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim arrived in Goma Thursday, 23 May from Kinshasa, on a three-day visit to the Great Lakes region. In…
Brigadier General James Mwakibolwa: New method of combating violence in the DR Congo
Goma, 29 May 2013 - "The Force Intervention Brigade is something very positive," Brigadier General James Aloizi Mwakibolwa said. "The soldiers who are coming in are very professional. They are trained and instructed…
MONUSCO encourages Rwanda to work with the E-JVM to investigate reported “bombings”
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…
General dos Santos Cruz’s visit to MONUSCO’s sector 2 in Kisangani
Kisangani, 19 July 2013 – The MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos since Cruz, visited MONUSCO sector 2 troops in Kisangani on 17 July 2013. The visit, his first here since officially assuming that…
In Western Kasai, MONUSCO hands over renovated public building to provincial officials
Kananga, 19 July 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), through its Human Rights section, officially handed over the key to the Children's Courthouse to the provincial authorities today…