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Briefing by SRSG Maman Sidikou to the UN Security Council – Open Session. Photo UN/Web TV
Briefing by SRSG Maman Sidikou to the UN Security Council – Open Session
New York, 11 October 2017 Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to brief you today on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would like to take…
Security and humanitarian situation deteriorating amidst political uncertainty in Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo UN/Web TV
Security and humanitarian situation deteriorating amidst political uncertainty in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the DR Congo - Monusco Maman S. Sidikou, briefed the UN Security Council this morning on the situation in the Democratic Republic…
Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), addresses the Security Council. UN Photo/Cia Pak
Despite progress on voter registration, DR Congo faces challenges on election timeline – UN envoy
11 October 2017 – The notion that elections would most probably not be held before the end of 2017 has regrettably led to the re-emergence of a climate of political uncertainty and tensions in the Democratic Republic of the…
Women and their children looking for valuables in a trash dump in Kinshasa. Photo Radio Okapi /John Bompengo
- Human Rights
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – Tuesday 17 October 2017: World is ignoring human rights of poor despite disproportionate abuses – UN expert
GENEVA (16 October 2017) – The world’s poor are at disproportionate risk of torture, arrest, early death and domestic violence, but their civil and political rights are being airbrushed out of the picture, UN Special…
Journalists visit a project for ex-combatants’ reintegration. Photo MONUSCO/Bilamekaso Tchagbele
Journalists visit a project for ex-combatants’ reintegration
Uvira, South-Kivu - Monday, 16th October 2017: To update the population on MONUSCO’s stabilization efforts in line with its mandate, Public Information office organized an informative visit for about twenty journalists to…
Maman Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO
MONUSCO calls for the immediate release of opposition activists arrested yesterday in Lubumbashi
KINSHASA – 23 October 2017 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) condemns the arrest of many members of the Rassemblement des forces politiques et sociales…
- Human Rights
Principales tendances des violations des droits de l’homme en septembre 2017
Durant le mois de septembre 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 644 violations des droits de l’homme sur l’ensemble du territoire de la RDC, soit une augmentation de 46% par rapport au mois d’août 2017, au cours duquel 441 violations…
MONUSCO strongly condemns the persistent violence in the Kasai Provinces
Kinshasa, 11 February 2017 – MONUSCO is concerned about the persistent conflict in the Kasais which is marked by violent atrocities committed by the Kamuina Nsapu militia including their recruitment and use of child soldiers…
- Human Rights
Reported killings in DR Congo town could amount to serious rights violations - UN rights arm
14 February 2017 – At least 101 people are reported to have been killed by soldiers in clashes between military forces and members of the Kamuina Nsapu militia in central Democratic Republic of the Congo over the last five…
Joint statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie
Addis Ababa, New York, Brussels and Paris, 16 February 2017: The African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF) are increasingly concerned by…