Press Releases 2013

  • MONUSCO strongly condemns serious violations by Mayi-Mayi Sheka in North Kivu
    27 Jun 2013 - 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 since 2010 of serious Human Rights violations,...
  • The UN concerned over 53 children at risk of being retaken by the M23 in Nyiragongo, North Kivu
    10 Jun 2013 - Kinshasa, 10 June 2013 – 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 Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, are concerned by reports indicating...
  • Pakistani peacekeeper killed in an ambush in the South-Kivu province
    08 May 2013 - Kinshasa, 08 May 2013 – 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 of its military convoy, between Walungu and Bukavu, in the Sud-Kivu...
  • Mayi-Mayi combatants inside MONUSCO compound in Lubumbashi surrender
    24 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 24 March 2013 – 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 MONUSCO compound in Lubumbashi, province of Katanga, on Saturday 23 March...
  • MONUSCO welcomes the surrender of Bosco Ntaganda
    19 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 19 March 2013 – 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 transfer him to The Hague, where he is wanted by the International...
  • UN helicopter accident in South Kivu
    12 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 12 March 2013 – 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 crashed on Saturday 09 March some 20 kilometers west of the city of...
  • MONUSCO denounces the circulation of a fabricated document ascribed to the Mission
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: 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 (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques...
  • MONUSCO’s Mission Finds Rumors from Masisi, Nord-Kivu Province, Unfounded
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 2 January 2013: 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, Nyange and Bibwe in the territory of Masisi, Nord-Kivu province. The team...

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