MONUC
United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Closure of MONUC

On 1 July 2010, the UN Security Council renamed MONUC the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to reflect the new phase reached in the country.

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Today Monday 02 April 2007, Kinshasa press has talked about the possibility for former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba to receive authorization to fly to Portugal for medical care. Initially planned for last week-end, Jean…
Today's local press in Kinshasa has focused on yesterday's news conference held by European Union's Ambassadors, following the 22 - 23rd March events in Gombe, one of the 26 districts of Kinshasa, the capital city of DRC. The…
Today's Kinshasa press offers a variety of topics, with each of the newspapers focusing on one or other topic in particular. At the top of its page one Le Phare runs the headline "War erupts in Minembwe" over a story that…
The main focus of today's Kinshasa press is on the motion raised yesterday at the National Assembly plenary session by opposition MP José Malika from the Union for the Nation coalition calling for "proceedings, according to…
The main headlines in 29 January 2007's Kinshasa press are mainly related to Saturday's elections of provincial governors, with newspapers offering wide comments on the surprise defeat for Jean-Pierre Bemba's opposition…
The main headlines in Kinshasa's newspapers are devoted to Saturday's announcement of DR Congo's provisional national senatorial vote results. Last Saturday, the DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced…
The main pages of today's newspapers are devoted to the awaited nomination of the new government in the DR Congo. Regarded for days as imminent, the nomination of the first government of the Third Republic has yet to happen…
Today's Kinshasa press broaches a variety of subjects but nothing that really stands out. Le Potentiel notes: "The announcement of the [new] government [for the DR Congo] is imminent". "Barring any last-minute change", this…
Today the main headlines in Kinshasa press are almost exclusively related to the arrival in Congolese capital Thursday of the body of Congolese Catholic Cardinal Frederic Etsou who died in Belgium on 6 January 2007. Also…
Today the front pages of Kinshasa newspapers feature various stories but nothing major. Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga will "delay the announcement of the [new] government" and this is due to "the funeral of the [Archbishop…
Tuesday's official installation of the elected Bureau of the National Assembly is the main topic in Kinshasa newspapers this Wednesday. As scheduled, the newly elected National Assembly Bureau was inaugurated yesterday…
Today's inauguration of the newly elected Bureau of the National Assembly is the main topic in Kinshasa newspapers this Tuesday. It is this Tuesday, 9 January 2006 that the newly elected National Assembly Bureau will be…