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Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Lieutenant General Vicente Diaz de Villegas y Herrería of Spain, who was recently appointed as Force Commander for the United Nations Organization Mission…

Kinshasa, 2 October 2008: In Ituri since last Monday, the remaining elements of the Front de Résistance Patriotique de l'Ituri (FRPI) have attacked the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) positions, capturing the camps of Tchey and…

Kinshasa, September 29, 2008: The DRC Armed Forces (FARDC), based in Tchey and Quinz in the district of Ituri in Orientale Province underwent a simultaneous attack perpetrated by residual elements of the Front de résistance…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…