Political friction means the DRC government wants the longtime United Nations peacekeeping force there to get out ...

SADC member states must ensure that the operation in eastern DRC can overcome the challenges faced by its predecessors.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's instability worsens with calls for the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping force, MONUSCO, amidst rising violence in the mineral-rich eastern region. The ...

On October 22, 2024, Physicians for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization that uses medicine and science to document ...

For 76 years, the United Nations has sent peacekeeping missions to some of the world’s most troubled spots. The results have ...

One of the worst humanitarian crises is currently occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Islamist terror group ravaging it is ISIS (Islamic State)’s regional affiliate in the country ...

The UN mission in DR Congo, Monusco, is already under pressure in the country. It is widely criticised for failing to do enough to restore peace in the east, where numerous armed groups have ...

celebrated Mental Health Month 2024 as part of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Running from September 10 to October 10 ...

Chinese peacekeepers with the UN stabilisation mission in eastern DR Congo attended a departure ceremony on Tuesday as the force withdraws from the war-torn region. The 15,000 MONUSCO troops ...

M23 denied the massacre, blaming "stray bullets" for just eight deaths. But the UN's Monusco peacekeeping mission in the country said 102 men, 17 women and 12 children were "arbitrarily executed ...

The Associated Press witnessed the dilemma on a rare visit and night patrol with the U.N. force now known as MONUSCO, which entered Congo more than two decades ago and has 14,000 peacekeepers on ...

The United Nations peacekeepers in Congo were meant to leave the country in December, but soaring violence in the east by ...