Press Releases 2012

  • MONUSCO welcomes the separation of 82 children from Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga
    16 Aug 2013 - Kinshasa, 16 August 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the separation, on 11 and 15 August 2013, of 82 children, including 13 girls, from Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga armed group. The children, aged...
  • MONUSCO expresses deep concern over M-23 attack and warns against any action that will threaten Goma
    15 Jul 2013 - Kinshasa, 14 July 2013 –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. The attack occurred after the M23 had reinforced its positions around Kibati,...
  • United Nations Protest Suspension of Radio Okapi by CSAC
    04 Dec 2012 - Kinshasa, 2 December 2012: The United Nations Organization Mission Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo expresses deep disappointment at a decision taken by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication (CSAC) on 30 November to suspend the...
  • UN alarmed over killings in Masisi territory in DR Congo
    29 Aug 2012 - Kinshasa / Geneva 29 August 2012 – 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, North Kivu at the beginning of August - the latest in a series...
  • MONUSCO Denounces Recruitment of Children and Youth by M23 Armed Group
    07 Aug 2012 - Kinshasa, 7 August 2012 – 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.
    "Whilst forced...
  • Progress in the fight to end impunity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    20 Mar 2012 - Kinshasa, 14 March 2012: 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 trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, found guilty of enlisting and conscripting...
  • MONUSCO evacutes victims of Shabunda attacks
    20 Mar 2012 - Kinshasa, 09 January 2012: MONUSCO strongly condemns the attacks on civilians by armed groups in several remote villages in Shabunda territory of South Kivu Province. During 1 and 4 January 2012, MONUSCO received reports that about 45 civilians were killed and at least 50...