International sanctions should be placed on the perpetrators of a massacre in a village in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a human rights group says. Scores of people were killed in the village of Kisheshe, in the Bwito chiefdom of Rutshuru territory, around 100 kms from Goma the chief town of […]
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There was renewed tension in Kiwanja, a community 75km from Goma in DRC’s Rutshuru territory, on the morning of Friday, Aug. 26, as residents protested the redeployment of UN peacekeeping forces from Butembo to Kiwanja. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has come under recent attack in […]
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The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has announced that it is not leaving Butembo despite an announcement by the military governor of North Kivu, Constant Ndima, on Thursday, August 18, 2022, that MONUSCO forces were leaving the town. According to the interim MONUSCO spokesperson, Ndeye Khady Lo, MONUSCO […]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo government claims that four soldiers of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) who were killed in Kasindi on July 25, 2022, during protests against the UN forces were killed because they wore faded uniforms, causing them to be mistaken for rebels. The DR Congo Minister of […]
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The United States government on Thursday, July 28, called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect United Nations peacekeeping forces targeted by large ‘murderous demonstrations’ which have already resulted in the deaths of three UN soldiers. The protesters accused the UN Blue Helmets of being ineffective against over 100 armed groups responsible for the […]
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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is establishing a joint commission with the United Nations to establish responsibility for the demonstrations against the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) that have resulted in the deaths of 17 persons. The government deployed police and soldiers on Wednesday, July 27, […]
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At least 17 people died during demonstrations and other violence against United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) forces which started on Monday, July 25, 2022 in Goma, North Kivu province. According to the Kivu Security Barometer, a project put in place by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Congo […]
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The deployment of a big portion of the resources of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese army FARDC in the fight against the March 23 (M23) rebels has negative implications on other regions of the country where other armed groups operate. The attacks from July 7 to […]
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The Government of Rwanda has accused the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) of supporting the DR Congo army, FARDC. It said FARDC has been giving military assistance to the Rwandan rebel group, the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). “Supporting the FARDC whereas it fights side-by-side with […]
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Thirty rebels drawn from three different armed groups in South Kivu have surrendered to the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) while eight others operating in the Kahuzio-Biega National Park also surrendered to the DR Congo national army, FARDC. Among those who surrendered was the self acclaimed General Justin […]
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Members of the Malawian contingent with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) have begun withdrawing from their positions in Mambasa, about 180 km to Bunia at the borders with Uganda and South Sudan in Ituri province, following demonstrations by youths calling for their departure. During the demonstrations which […]
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The section for the protection of children rights of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has found that the murders and mutations were the most frequent violations of children rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a report published this week, MONUSCO revealed that within the month […]
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