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Floribert Chebeya Bahizire

DR Congo: UN experts welcome steps taken in wake of murder of rights defender

9 June 2010
A group of United Nations experts today welcomed the suspension of the chief of the national police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the arrest of several officers in the investigation into last week’s murder of a prominent human rights defender.
Roger Meece.

Veteran United States diplomat appointed to top UN post in DR Congo

9 June 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Roger A. Meece, a United States national with over three decades of international experience, including in a number of African nations, as the top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Many of the refugees who have fled intercommunal clashes in Dongo, the DRC, are children

Low funding threatens humanitarian work in DR Congo, UN warns

4 June 2010
A funding shortfall for relief operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could lead to a major reduction in aid to hundreds of thousands of people in the African country, where conflict in some areas has displaced a large slice of the population, the United Nations warned today.
Floribert Chebeya Bahizire

UN condemns murder of DR Congo human rights defender, urges inquiry

3 June 2010
Senior United Nations officials called today for a prompt and rigorous investigation into the killing of a renowned Congolese human rights defender whose body has been found on the outskirts of the capital, Kinshasa, one day after he was summoned to a police station.

DR Congo: UNICEF warns a lack of funding hinders efforts to assist displaced

1 June 2010
Nearly 1.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – half of them children – continue to live away from their homes after having been displaced by armed conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today, adding that a lack of funds was hindering efforts to continue assisting them.

UN peacekeeper killed in clash in eastern DR Congo

24 May 2010
An Indian soldier from the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was killed today when his patrol went to the aid of national army forces caught in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in the east of the country.
Goma residents pick their way across lava after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in January 2002

UN peacekeepers rush to aid of landslide victims in eastern DR Congo

19 May 2010
United Nations peacekeepers today rushed in all-terrain vehicles and other relief after an overflowing river caused a landslide on the slopes of a major volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), burying at least 46 people and washing away 200 homes.
Security Council delegation leader, Ambassador Gérard Araud of France.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Back from DR Congo, Security Council set to review mandate of UN force

17 May 2010
Members of the Security Council have wrapped up what they called an “extremely intense” listening tour in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to study options for the future of the United Nations mission there, whose mandate expires at the end of the month.

Security Council members depart for two-day visit to DR Congo

13 May 2010
Members of the Security Council left today for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where they will meet with senior government officials, representatives of civil society and the United Nations peacekeeping force serving in the African nation.
Some residents in the eastern province of Maniema on the banks of the Congo River

UN blue helmets assist locals in DR Congo after boat capsizes, killing dozens

6 May 2010
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are helping residents in the eastern province of Maniema to cross the Congo River after a traditional wooden boat carrying up to 120 people capsized, killing dozens of passengers.