Rebels backed by ISIL (ISIS) have killed at least 52 civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this month, according ...

Jorkim Jotham PituwaThe MONUSCO Force Commander, General Ulisses De Mesquita Gomes, met on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, with local authorities as well as representatives of the vital forces of Komanda, ...

The UN has strongly condemned recent attacks carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group in several ...

It says attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces targeted the Beni and Lubero territories of the eastern North Kivu province.

Attacks ‘intolerable and constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights,’ says MONUSCO ...

At least 52 civilians were brutally killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a wave of attacks blamed on ...

The armed group ISIL ( ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that a United Nations mission says killed at ...

From May 2024, MONUSCO will be present only in North Kivu and Ituri. And from July 1, its strength will be reduced by some 2,350 personnel from a maximum authorized strength of around 13,800 ...

MONUSCO described the security challenges "multiple and multifaceted" and said only one of its brigades is tasked to go on the offensive. That affects a single area, Beni, where deadly attacks ...

“The MONUSCO never claimed to be the panacea to the security problems of the DRC. We operate in support of the state to protect and bring stability,” Diagne wrote.

U.N. officials this month announced a sweeping review of MONUSCO’s peacekeeping mission to determine how to better assist Congo civilians. In 2000, when the force first arrived in the capital ...

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that Islamic State-backed rebels have killed at least 52 people.