Commander Micho Bizabaso, officer of ex General Laurent Nkunda and commander of a dissenting battalion occupying positions surrounding Sake, surrounded to MONUC blue helmets on the night of 26/27 November 2007.
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MONUC WELCOMES THE TRANSFER BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DRC, OF GERMAIN KATANGA, FARDC GENERAL AND FORMER MILITIA LEADER IN ITURI, INTO THE CUSTODY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC).
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Kinshasa, 13 October 2007. – With regard to the North Kivu situation, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) continues to support the FARDC in accordance with its mandate, assisting the Government in the restoration and extension of state authority. This support includes logistics and the medical evacuation of the wounded.
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Kinshasa, 10 September 2007. Sunday 9 September, the city of Kichanga controlled by dissidents of Laurent Nkunda was the scene of clashes between its combatants and armed groups comprised of Ex-FAR/Interahamwe (FDLR) and Mayi/Mayi of the PARECO faction. MONUC is particularly preoccupied by the presence of FDLR in the combat zone and the threat their presence poses on the current situation. In spite of the tense climate, North Kivu peacekeepers, managed to evacuate 102 Congolese and their dependants (55 women and 69 children) from Kichanga to Nyanzale at the request of the FARDC.
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Kinshasa, 3 September 2007. Clashes between opposed elements of the “Charlie” mixed brigade, have taken place during the past few days in three territories of North-Kivu. An ambush caused the death of four soldiers loyal to the government ensuing in a fight opposing loyalist and dissident battalions. Loyalist units of the Charlie brigade organized a defensive position in the city of Katale. Fighting in the past few days resulted in 6 confirmed deaths, 35 wounded and several hundred displaced persons.
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Kinshasa, 17 August 2007: UNESCO (Education, Science and Culture Organization), UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) and of the ICCN (Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature), are currently conducting a joint emergency assessment mission, following the massacre of mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park, located in the North Kivu province, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), where seven of these big primates were shot to death, for no obvious reason, during the past two months.
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