News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Kinshasa, 6 September 2008 – MONUC forces in North Kivu province noted on Saturday morning last that the armed groups of the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP), a signatory to the Goma Acts of Engagement, tried to take a new position in the village of Nyanzale in Rutshuru territory…

MONUC deny the personal remarks of one of its unit commanders in North Kivu and reiterates its full support to the DRC authorities Kinshasa, 10 July, 2008 - MONUC received evidence, according to which, in mid-April 2008, right before the end of his service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…

Kinshasa, 02 May 2008 – The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has taken note of recent statements in the media accusing its Peacekeepers of supplying weapons to the Allied Democratic Forces/National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF/NALU), a small rebel…

Kinshasa, 21 February 2008 The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has taken note of the communiqué issued by the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) regarding the massacre of civilians in the Kalonge area in North Kivu in January of this year. The…

Kinshasa, 10 January 2008 Mr. Alan Doss, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Head of MONUC, the Peacekeeping Mission of the UN in DRC, was received today by the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr…

Kinshasa, 10 January 2008 M. Alan Doss, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Head of MONUC, the Peacekeeping Mission of the UN in DRC, arrived last night in Kinshasa to assume his new functions. Mr. Doss, a…

Commander Micho Bizabaso, officer of ex General Laurent Nkunda and commander of a dissenting battalion occupying positions surrounding Sake, surrounded to MONUC blue helmets on the night of 26/27 November 2007. The surrender was made after Major Micho tried on numerous attempts to capture a nearby…

MONUC WELCOMES THE TRANSFER BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DRC, OF GERMAIN KATANGA, FARDC GENERAL AND FORMER MILITIA LEADER IN ITURI, INTO THE CUSTODY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC). Kinshasa, 19 October, 2007. – MONUC welcomes the transfer, on 18 October, of Germain Katanga, a General of the…

Kinshasa, 13 October 2007. – With regard to the North Kivu situation, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) continues to support the FARDC in accordance with its mandate, assisting the Government in the restoration and extension of state authority. This support…

Kinshasa, 10 September 2007. Sunday 9 September, the city of Kichanga controlled by dissidents of Laurent Nkunda was the scene of clashes between its combatants and armed groups comprised of Ex-FAR/Interahamwe (FDLR) and Mayi/Mayi of the PARECO faction. MONUC is particularly preoccupied by the…

Kinshasa, 3 September 2007. Clashes between opposed elements of the "Charlie" mixed brigade, have taken place during the past few days in three territories of North-Kivu. An ambush caused the death of four soldiers loyal to the government ensuing in a fight opposing loyalist and dissident battalions…

Kinshasa, 17 August 2007: UNESCO (Education, Science and Culture Organization), UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) and of the ICCN (Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature), are currently conducting a…