Blue Helmets in eastern Congo: Unloved, but still needed
The UN mission in eastern Congo was initially meant to be quickly concluded at the request of Kinshasa. The MONUSCO ...
Reuters on MSN3d
People in civilian clothing enter MONUSCO base in Goma, hand over weapons
Unidentified people in civilian clothes enter MONUSCO base in Goma, Eastern DRC and hand over weapons to the Uruguayan UN ...
UN mission in DR Congo under scrutiny as conflict escalates
The three peacekeepers — one from Uruguay and two from South Africa — were killed over the weekend in the fighting around ...
Anadolu Ajansi3d
Many people seeking refuge at UN facilities in Democratic Republic of Congo amid clashes: Official
MONUSCO is storing voluntarily relinquished or abandoned weapons in accordance with international standards,' says Vivian van ...
Chief of SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya says M23 suffered huge casualties during fierce fight in DRC
A Uruguayan soldier who was part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) ...
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UN warns of ethnic attacks in eastern DR Congo
The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as ...
Daily Monitor3dOpinion
M23 takes Goma: This is both Uganda’s meat and poison
Uganda could also witness an unusual re-formation of an African state on its border. If the DRC were to be deprived of all ...
allAfrica.com on MSN1d
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - Battle for Goma Continues As 'Volatile' Crisis Unfolds
As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations ...
DR Congo: 500,000 forced to flee their homes in January
Fierce fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced more than half a million people, the country's foreign minister told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
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Four South African soldiers killed in DR Congo, taking toll to 13
JOHANNESBURG: Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting against the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Crisis - 'The Violence Must End Now', UN Security Council Told
The UN Security Council convened its second emergency meeting in three days on Tuesday to address the escalating crisis in ...
Romania Insider2d
Romanian mercenaries evacuated from Congo after threats from advancing rebels
A group of Romanian citizens stranded in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to military conflict has been successfully evacuated from the country, but not before some of ...