DR Congo: Humanitarian situation worsens; UN mission continues to battle armed militias
Oct 01, 2022, at 10:07 pm
New York: The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday denounced the recent violence against the Organization’s stabilization mission in the country, which has been the target of “manipulation and stigmatization”.
‘Continue working together’ UN chief urges DR Congo, as country heads to polls
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on all those playing an active political role in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to “continue working together” to ensure free and fair elections, as the country heads to polls this Sunday.
Thousands in DR Congo’s Kasais to benefit from UN food, nutrition efforts, but challenges remain
Dec 21, 2017, at 09:45 am
New York, Dec 21(Just Earth News): Against the backdrop of severe hunger as a result of conflict in central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations emergency food relief and food security agencies are stepping up their response to assist more than 100,000 people.
DR Congo: Over a dozen UN peacekeepers killed in worst attack on 'blue helmets' in recent history
Dec 12, 2017, at 04:52 am
New York, Dec 11(Just Earth News): At least 14 United Nations 'blue helmets' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been killed and many more injured, in what the Secretary-General António Guterres described as the “worst attack” on UN peacekeepers in recent history.
DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:52 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the country’s authorities to continue to cooperate with investigations into the incident.
DR Congo: Two UN ‘blue helmets’ killed in attack in North Kivu
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:18 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and several injured in an attack on their base in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesperson said.
DR Congo: UN mission deploys ‘blue helmets’ to protect civilians and refugees
Sep 29, 2017, at 03:30 pm
New York, Sept 29(Just Earth News): Responding to the worsening security situation near a major town in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission in the country has deployed peacekeepers to deter any attacks on the city and to prevent escalation in clashes.
DR Congo, at General Assembly, calls on UN mission there to focus more on development
Sep 24, 2017, at 03:34 pm
New York, Sept 24(Just Earth News): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which hosts more than ten thousand United Nations peacekeepers and where enormous resources over the past two decades have been devoted to bringing stability to the vast country, on Saturday called for the UN mission to be re-directed more to development.
DR Congo: Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission
Sep 22, 2017, at 05:04 pm
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack this past Sunday in Mamundioma, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), that killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Tanzania and injured another.
DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai
Aug 05, 2017, at 04:51 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): Violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appears to be taking on an increasingly disturbing ethnic dimension, a United Nations human rights wing has warned, citing testimonies that Government forces have led ethnicity-based attacks.
DR Congo: UN rights chief names international investigators in Kasai abuses
Jul 27, 2017, at 10:14 am
New York, July 27(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday named three international experts to investigate reports of killings, mutilations, rapes and other abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) restive Kasai provinces.
In DR Congo, UN aid chief says world must 'not let down' millions of people in need
Jul 22, 2017, at 11:05 am
New York, July 22(Just Earth News): Wrapping up a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations humanitarian chief on Friday urged the world “not to forget the DRC,†and called for scaled-up relief funding to help millions of people suffering from violence, diseases, and malnutrition.
DR Congo: UN refugee agency sounds alarm as displacement sees no end in Kasai region
Jul 15, 2017, at 05:52 am
New York, July 15(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has alerted the humanitarian community about the violence and continued displacement of civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the Kasai region where the estimated number of displaced people now exceeds 1.3 million.
DR Congo’s economy loses over $1 billion to child undernutrition, finds UN-backed study
Jul 08, 2017, at 01:47 pm
New York, July 8(Just Earth News): The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is losing as much as 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a United Nations-backed study released on Friday.
DR Congo: 400,000 children in Greater Kasai at risk of severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF warns
May 25, 2017, at 04:46 am
New York, May 24(Just Earth News): Deteriorating security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months, putting an estimated 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.
DR Congo: UN seeks $64 million to tackle humanitarian crisis in Kasaï region
Apr 27, 2017, at 05:59 am
New York, Apr 27 (Just Earth News): The United Nations has appealed for $64.5 million to respond to the urgent needs of 731,000 people over the next six months in the Kasaï region, the latest “humanitarian hotspot†in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
DR Congo: Security Council extends peacekeeping mandate, but reduces troop strength
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:19 pm
New York, Mar 31 (Just Earth News): The Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year but reduced the number of troops.
DR Congo: UN mission strongly condemns persistent violence in Kasai Provinces
Feb 12, 2017, at 12:30 pm
New York, Feb 12 (Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday expressed its concern about the persistent conflict in the Kasai provinces where violent atrocities are being committed by the Kamuina Nsapu militia.
DR Congo: Ban urges political leaders to put country ahead of partisan considerations
Dec 22, 2016, at 03:26 pm
New York, Dec 22 (Just Earth News): Calling on Congolese political leaders to place the interests of the country and its people above partisan considerations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that he is keeping a close eye on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the mediation led by the Conférence épiscopale nationale des églises du Congo (CENCO) resumes.
DR Congo: Ban condemns killing of UN peacekeeper
Dec 20, 2016, at 03:43 pm
New York, Dec 20 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of a peacekeeper from South Africa deployed with the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in North Kivu earlier on Monday.
Stop targeted repression and double standards, UN rights experts tell DR Congo authorities
Dec 20, 2016, at 03:14 pm
New York, Dec 20 (Just Earth News):Raising alarm over “double standards†applied by the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – allowing pro-government youths to conduct public political activities while repressing dissenting voices – a group of United Nations rights experts on Monday called on the Government to end the “targeted repression†and to guarantee conditions that allow fundamental rights and freedoms to be exercised peacefully.
Dec 18, 2016, at 01:43 pm
New York, Dec 18 (Just Earth News):The United Nations human rights chief on Saturday said he is “deeply alarmed†at a planned Government shutdown of social media in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Sunday evening, ahead of the end of President Joseph Kabila's mandate, coupled with a continuing ban on demonstrations by civil society and the opposition.
DR Congo: Security Council urges all stakeholders to ensure upcoming polls are free and fair
Dec 06, 2016, at 01:27 pm
New York, Dec 6 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern over the political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in light of the upcoming elections the United Nations Security Council has called on all stakeholders to ensure that the polls are conducted in a free, fair, credible, inclusive and transparent environment.
DR Congo: Ban takes note of appointment of new Prime Minister
Nov 18, 2016, at 01:57 pm
New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki moon has taken note of the appointment on Thursday of Samy Badibanga as Prime Minister ahead of the formation of a transitional government of national unity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in line with the political agreement of 18 October.
In DR Congo, UN Security Council delegation calls for consensual, inclusive electoral calendar
Nov 14, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): Visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), members of the United Nations Security Council called on Congolese political and social actors to take greater responsibility to adopt a consensual and inclusive electoral calendar and asked that the ban on public demonstrations be lifted.
DR Congo: Ban condemns attack that kills one civilian and wounds 32 UN peacekeepers
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:54 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Tuesday’s attack against peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), which resulted in the death of one Congolese girl and injuries to 32 ‘blue helmets.’
DR Congo security forces used ‘excessive force’ against protesters, UN probe finds
Oct 22, 2016, at 05:20 am
New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): State agents, such as police and armed forces, used excessive – including lethal – force during demonstrations in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), last month, when at least 53 people were killed over two days, 143 injured and more than 299 unlawfully arrested, a United Nations preliminary investigation revealed on Friday.
DR Congo: Ban condemns deadly clashes between protestors and security forces in capital
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:08 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General on Monday expressed deep concern about the violent clashes between protestors and security forces in Kinshasa, and several other locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
DR Congo: UN chief notes launch of national dialogue towards elections, urges more inclusive process
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:50 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has taken note of the 1 September launch of the national dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and urged the political groups that have not yet joined the dialogue to “play a constructive role which contributes to the holding of timely and credible elections,†according to his spokesman.
Security Council strongly condemns killings in eastern DR Congo, calls for government probe
Aug 18, 2016, at 04:10 am
New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the 13 August killing of at least 50 civilians in a village in the restive North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).