Security situation for September 28, 2008 (7pm)
Kinshasa, September 28, 2008: The MONUC Force Commander on mission in Goma, capital of North Kivu, discussed the chief of staff of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) and his assistants with the aim of explaining the importance of the zones of separation and their implementation details. The military…
Security situation for September 27, 2008
Kinshasa, 27 September 2008: A reinforced group made up of 40 members of the MONUC Indian police contingent was deployed this 27 September 2008 in Goma, capital of North Kivu province. This deployment is within the framework of MONUC's support for the stabilisation and the security of eastern…
Security situation for September 26, 2008
Kinshasa, September 26, 2008: A peaceful demonstration in favour of peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took place today on the boulevard of June 30 in the capital Kinshasa. Nearly 3,000 people demanded the cessation of hostilities in eastern DRC and the reestablishment of peace…
Security situation for 25 September 2008 (7pm)
Kinshasa , 25 September 2008 - In Dungu in Orientale Province, a crowd of hundreds of people attacked the MONUC observation post and the liaison office of the UN agency OCHA, plundering and destroying United Nations material and equipment. The civil authorities also felt the fury of the…
Situation in the Kivus for September 23, 2008
Kinshasa - September 23, 2008 (7pm) – A precarious calm returned this Tuesday in North Kivu, and in particular in Sake, a town some 20km from Goma, and in its surroundings, which were the scene of intense clashes between the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) and troops of the Congrès National pour la Défense…
MONUC once more demands the immediate suspension of hostilities
Kinshasa, September 22, 2008 - Despite repeated calls for an immediate suspension of hostilities and the unconditional respect of the ceasefire by the signatories of the Goma Acts of Engagement, clashes took place, between the Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Congrès…
Situation in the Kivus: September 21 2008 (evening)
Kinshasa - September 21, 2008 - After the intense clashes which took place yesterday in Sake heights, some 20km from Goma, capital of North Kivu, a relative calm was observed in the zone this Sunday, even if the situation remained tense. Early this morning, some exchanges of gunfire took place on…
MONUC launches an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire in Sake and its surroundings
Kinshasa - September 20, 2008 – New clashes with heavy weapons took place today between the forces of the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), on the hills overlooking the town of Sake, located some 20km from Goma, capital of…
Security situation in the Kivus -September 16, 2008
Kinshasa - September 16, 2008 (18h30) - Today, September 16, new clashes occured opposing the rebels of the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) and the FARDC in Kirotshe, a locality some 10km south of Sake, some 20 kms from Goma, capital of North Kivu province. Kirotshe had already…
Communiqué of the international facilitation
Kinshasa, 11 September 2008 - The members of the International Facilitation, signatories to the Actes d' engagement of 23 January 2008, express their grave concern with regards to the recent fighting in North Kivu and South Kivu. They reiterate their commitment to work towards lasting peace in the…
North Kivu: MONUC fires warning shots to prevent new movements of CNDP troops
Kinshasa, 8 September 2008 - This Monday morning, MONUC's Blue Helmets in North Kivu fired warning shots to the troops of the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP), in the areas close to Nyanzale locality in Rutshuru territory, 65km north of Goma, in order to prevent new movements of…
North Kivu: MONUC condemns the obvious attempt by the CNDP to capture Nyanzele
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…