News | MONUC
| UN says allegations of trafficking by peacekeepers are under investigation | |
UN News - May 23, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today announced that allegations that a number of its peacekeepers based in the Ituri District have engaged in gold and weapons trafficking are under investigation. |
| Intimidation hampers probe into post-election violence in DR Congo - UN | |
UN News - May 17, 2007 | |
 | Though it has interviewed some 200 victims and witnesses of the post-election clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission there said today that Government cooperation with investigators has been tepid and many witnesses have been intimidated. |
| Security Council extends UN peacekeeping force in DR Congo until year's end | |
UN News - May 15, 2007 | |
 | Aiming to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) cement stability, the Security Council today extended the deployment of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there until the end of this year. |
| Congolese Mixed Forces Blamed in North Kivu Attacks | |
VOA News - May 10, 2007 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. officials say they are working on improving the conduct of so-called mixed military brigades that include former rebel forces. The former rebel and militia fighters have been accused of abusing civilians and escalating violence in the region of North Kivu. |
| MONUC assisting the displaced population in the East | |
MONUC - May 2, 2007 | |
 | At its weekly press conference on May 2 2007, MONUC declared that it is continuing identification missions of the displacement zones in North and South Kivu following the military operations by the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) against the Democratic Forces for the liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). |
| Deputy SG: 'All parties agree that there cannot be any alternative to dialogue and reconciliation' | |
MONUC - April 24, 2007 | |
 | After her meeting with the National Assembly deputies and its president Vital Kamerhe on 23 April 2007, Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro said that it gave her a 'great feeling of joy and victory.' |
| Army, UN to monitor rebel move to assembly point | |
IRIN - April 23, 2007 | |
 | Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and the United Nations will verify that Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have assembled near the DRC-Sudan border as agreed. |
| UN Deputy Secretary General to visit DRC | |
MONUC - April 20, 2007 | |
 | UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro will arrive in the DRC on 22 April 2007, for a three day visit to the country, where she will meet with President Kabila and Prime Minister Gizenga, as well as other political personalities. |
| Arbitrary killings, rape part of ongoing abuses in the east | |
IRIN - April 19, 2007 | |
 | Executions and rape of civilians have continued in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) according to a report published by the United Nations detailing human rights abuses during the month of March. |
| Army Should Stop Use of Child Soldiers | |
Human Rights Watch - April 19, 2007 | |
 | The Congolese government should immediately stop former rebel warlords now commissioned as national army officers from recruiting and using child soldiers in army brigades deployed in North Kivu province, Human Rights Watch said today. |
