July 27

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Denounces Rebels [press release]

  The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, is highly alarmed over the allegations of killings, forced recruitment and... Read more »

July 17

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Encourages Rwanda to Work With the E-JVM to Investigate Reported 'Bombings' [press release]

  Yesterday government sources in Rwanda, reflected in national and international media, reported on "deliberate bombings" of Rwandan territory that would have originated from the... Read more »

July 15

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Repels ADF Ambush On Its Troops [press release]

  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... Read more »

July 14

• Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Rebel Attack Sparks Heavy Fighting - UN

  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. Read more »

July 09

• Congo-Kinshasa: The United Nations Welcome That Criminalization of Torture in the DRC Is Moving Forward [press release]

  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... Read more »

June 27

• Congo-Kinshasa: MONUSCO Strongly Condemns Serious Violations [press release]

  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. Read more »

June 10

• Congo-Kinshasa: The UN Concerned Over 53 Children At Risk of Being Retaken By the M23 in Nyiragongo, North Kivu [press release]

  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... Read more »

May 08

• Congo-Kinshasa: Pakistani Peacekeeper Killed in an Ambush in the South-Kivu Province [press release]

  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... Read more »

March 24

• Congo-Kinshasa: Mayi-Mayi Combatants Inside Monusco Compound in Lubumbashi Surrender [press release]

  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... Read more »

March 19

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Welcomes the Surrender of Bosco Ntaganda [press release]

  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... Read more »

March 12

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Helicopter Accident in South Kivu [press release]

  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... Read more »

March 02

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Expresses Deep Concern About the Escalation of Violence in North Kivu [press release]

  The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) expresses deep concern about the renewed fighting between rival groups in Rutshuru and... Read more »

January 30

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Denounces the Circulation of a Fabricated Document Ascribed to the Mission [press release]

  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... Read more »

January 14

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Supports the Safe Return of Dr. Mukwege [press release]

  The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and head of MONUSCO, Mr. Roger Meece, welcomes the... Read more »

January 02

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Dismisses Reports of Thousands of FDLR Rebels [press release]

  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,... Read more »

December 28, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Fire on Peacekeepers' Helicopters [press release]

  On 26 December 2012 at approximately 20 hours, two MONUSCO helicopters were 20 kilometers North of Goma undertaking a routine flying certification when they were fired upon; once... Read more »

December 02, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Suspends UN Radio Broadcasts [press release]

  The United Nations Organization Mission Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo expresses deep disappointment at a decision taken by the Conseil Supérieur de... Read more »

August 28, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Alarmed Over Killings in Masisi Territory in DR Congo

  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,... Read more »

August 07, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Peacekeepers Denounce Recruiting of Child Soldiers [press release]

  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. Read more »

March 14, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Introduces New Methodology Into Civil Conflicts Management in Sud-Kivu Province [press release]

  New collaborative methods on conflicts management were recently developed by the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Welcomes Lubanga Verdict [press release]

  The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes today's decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the... Read more »

March 02, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Country Prepares to Commemorate Women's Day 2012 [press release]

  As part of the International Women's Day commemoration on 8 March, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry for Gender, Family and Children, in partnership with the United... Read more »

March 01, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Team Assesses Security Situation in Numbi [press release]

  As part of the enhanced protection of civilian population in the Sud-Kivu province, a joint team of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more »

February 29, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco Donates Equipment to the DRC Aviation Industry [press release]

  The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) civil aviation has experienced many air disasters with heavy loss of human lives in recent years. With a view to improving air traffic,... Read more »

February 16, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Community Radio Journalists Trained By Radio Okapi in Equateur Province [press release]

  Between 15 and 21 February 2012, Radio Okapi of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and its partner, the NGO Fondation Hirondelle... Read more »