UN
United Nations Peacekeeping
Press releases
-
07 Feb 2024 - Kinshasa, February 07, 2024: Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, called on the M23 to immediately cease its offensive in eastern DRC and to respect the Luanda Roadmap.
-
02 Feb 2024 - Kinshasa, February 02, 2024: A MONUSCO helicopter carrying out a medical evacuation came under fire from suspected M23 armed group elements near Karuba in Masisi territory in North Kivu. The attack wounded two United Nations (UN) peacekeepers, one of them seriously.
-
31 Aug 2023 - Kinshasa, 31 August 2023: MONUSCO, has received reports of the deaths of civilians during an unauthorised demonstration in Goma on Wednesday 30 August 2023.
-
03 Aug 2023 - During her tour, Bintou Keita consulted with provincial governments and different communities on the priority actions needed for a smooth but accelerated transition process. Read the full story here ➡️
-
21 May 2023 - Heavy rains on 4 May caused mudslides in the Kalehe territory (South Kivu), sweeping away a large part of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. The official death toll stands at 438, with more than 5,000 missing and thousands more affected.
-
11 Aug 2022 - Kinshasa, July 25, 2022: MONUSCO condemns, in the strongest terms possible, the attack on its premises in Goma, North Kivu.
-
DRC: Attacks by ADF armed group may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes
07 Jul 2020 - PRESS RELEASE -
22 Jan 2020 - On 9 December 2019, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations asked Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz to lead an independent assessment of MONUSCO’s response to the high number of attacks against civilians allegedly committed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Beni territory, North Kivu Province, and attacks against the Ebola response in Mambasa territory in Ituri Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
-
Training session for female PNC staff on gender-based sexual violence (SGBV) issues at the PNC headquarters in Kalemie. Photo MONUSCO / Marcelline COMLAN
11 Nov 2019 - New York / Kinshasa, 11 November 2019 - Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the Congolese Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Security and Customary Affairs signed the Congolese National Police’s (PNC) Action Plan on the fight ag -
28 Oct 2019 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of David McLachlan-Karr of Australia as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator.