Journalists in Kisangani address challenges met by their Corporation

Province Orientale, 6 May 2013

Journalists in Kisangani, the administrative capital of province Orientale, commemorated the press freedom day on Friday, 3 May 2013. They took this opportunity to brainstorm on the challenges that confront them daily in the course of their work.

DR Congo: UN food relief agency warns of ‘Triangle of Death’

3 May 2013

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the security situation remains volatile in the so-called “Triangle of Death” – the area between the towns of Pweto, Mitwaba and Manono, in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

UN envoy urges sustained political will for DR Congo peace framework

3 May 2013

Mary Robinson, Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region, today urged leaders to keep working towards the success of the new eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace plan, particularly amid what she sensed were mounting pressure and rhetoric in the country.

Mary Robinson to build confidence among signatories to Addis Ababa Peace Framework

Nord-Kivu, 2 May 2013 

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Mary Robinson, conducted a nine-day visit to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, starting 28 April 2013. After spending two days in Kinshasa where she met with the President of the Republic, Joseph Kabila, and UN officials, she travelled to Goma on 30 April, joined by Roger Meece, head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO).

In Rwanda, UN envoy stresses need to rebuild trust among countries in Great Lakes region

1 May 2013

A senior United Nations envoy visiting Rwanda today highlighted the importance of restoring trust among countries in the Great Lakes region to ensure long-term peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and beyond.