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The United States government has called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the protection of MONUSCO sites and personnel, following the killing of three UN peacekeepers, one from Morocco and two from India. The call was made by State Department Spokesperson Ned Price during his daily briefing held Thursday […]
The UN Security Council, the European Union, the Arab Parliament and several Arab countries, including Bahrain and Jordan have strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on Moroccan peacekeepers serving in the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attack on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of three MONUSCO peacekeepers: two from […]
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, presented his most sincere condolences to Morocco, following the death on Tuesday of a Moroccan soldier belonging to the contingent of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), deployed in the Republic Democratic Party of Congo part of MONUSCO. A statement by UN spokesman Farhan Haq said the UN Secretary-General “expresses his […]
The death toll following the protests against a United Nations peacekeeping force in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this Tuesday (26 July) rose to 15. Three members of the MONUSCO mission and at least 12 protesters were killed in two cities of the North Kivu province, according to a UN spokesperson and the Congolese government. […]
The strong diplomatic dynamic witnessed by the Moroccan Sahara continued this Saturday with the inauguration by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of a consulate general in the city of Dakhla. The consular representation was inaugurated by Foreign Minister of DRC Marie Tumba Nzeza and her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. On this occasion, Mrs […]
Nearly 70 armed groups gathered for three days in Murhesa, north of provincial capital Bukavu, to sign a new agreement on cessation of hostilities in DR Congo, under the aegis of three NGOs specializing in conflict management. Around 70 armed groups have agreed to a “cessation of hostilities” in DR Congo’s South Kivu province, a […]
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) announced on Wednesday that 60 Moroccan peacekeepers are finally on their way home from the DRC. The peacekeepers left the city of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri, to go further east to Goma in the province of North Kivu, on […]
The oil companies operating in the provinces of the former Katanga and the Kasai region have announced “that they will proceed from this Thursday, August 6, to the cessation of their activities of distribution and storage of petroleum products.” The announcement came in a press release from the Haut-Katanga section of the Congolese employers’ union, […]
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo killed Sunday in two operation six elements of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), held responsible for the massacre of nearly 400 civilians since November 2019 in the Beni region in the east of the country. A first offensive was launched on the Kikingi axis and the second […]
A new assault by an armed group on Monday evening in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo left at least 12 people dead, According to medical sources. This new massacre attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), took place southeast of the city of Beni. Several houses were also burnt down. The number of people […]