W ith AFC/M23 rebels moving closer to Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) issued a ...

For the first time since rebel forces took control of Goma, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo, ...

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, ...

Why new diplomatic moves could hit same old roadblocks ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a preliminary peace deal that paves way to ...

The reports from MONUSCO provide independent information to UN bodies about what is happening in the conflict zones. In other words, given the M23 rebels' offensive, Kinshasa, contrary to earlier ...

Earlier this year the UN peacekeeping force, known as Monusco, was unable to stop the rebel group advancing and seizing large ...

MONUSCO described the security challenges ... It also has substantial gold, diamond, copper and cobalt reserves. In May, M23 fighters seized the town of Rubaya, which holds deposits of tantalum ...

The UN Security Council members should reassess MONUSCO's mandate in DR Congo if the mission can no longer fulfill its mandate to protect civilians in M23-controlled areas, said Dorothy Shea ...

The Uruguayan KIA soldier was identified as Rodolfo Álvarez, who was a member of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission (MONUSCO) and died during an M23 attack in the North Kivu province.

Members of the M23 armed group stand in front of Guatemalan soldiers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) as they monitor ...

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have ... about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to the east. The MONUSCO force arrived in Congo in 2010 after taking over from an earlier U.N. peacekeeping ...