Democratic Republic of the Congo
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MONUSCO
UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UN-led)
Authorization date: 05/10
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SAMI-DRC
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authorization date: 05/23
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has closed nine field offices since the peaceful transfer of power in the 2018 presidential elections, the Organization’s top official in that country told the Security Council today, reporting that a new strategy for the operation’s eventual closure recognizes and is tailored to differing realities on the ground and security needs in each province.
[…] Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), warned of heightened political tensions in the country, including fissures within the ruling coalition and a presidential threat to dissolve the national assembly.
A former Congolese militia leader, Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, has been sentenced to life in prison for crimes including mass rape and recruitment of child soldiers. The UN has said the verdict gave "immense hope" to victims.
More than a dozen people have been killed in two attacks near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that were blamed on the Islamist ADF group, local sources said Sunday. … The group has killed more than 640 civilians since the army launched a crackdown on it last November, according to an unofficial count.
The government hopes to completely disarm the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI), one of many rebel movements active in eastern DR Congo, over the next two months.
The group has killed nearly 600 civilians since the army launched a crackdown on it last November, according to an unofficial count.
MONUSCO plans to build five modern military bases for the DRC's Armed Forces in the Beni region of North Kivu to increase their operational capacity to hunt down the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group.
Beni's acting mayor pointed the finger at the ADF, but the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The U.N. refugee agency is racing to help tens of thousands of Congolese forced to flee a recent upsurge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.