FDLR

Aveba, Ituri district, DR Congo: A young girl riding her toy wooden bicycle flashes a confident smile as a patrol of MONUSCO peacekeepers passes by. Photo MONUSCO/Abel Kavanagh

Progress made in combating armed groups in DRC

15 July 2015
General News

Progress has been made in combating armed groups in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the head of the UN mission in the country (

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Villagers are fleeing their homes in the eastern DRC, just weeks after an operation to flush out the militias ended

Fresh attacks by Hutu rebels lead to more displacement in DR Congo – UN

20 March 2009
The United Nations refugee agency said today that attacks by a Hutu rebel group are continuing to uproot thousands in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reportedly displacing nearly 30,000 people just over the past two weeks.
UN peacekeepers serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Relations between Rwanda and DR Congo focus of Ban's talks in Kigali

1 March 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Paul Kagame discussed the situation in the border region between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today during their meeting in Kigali, the current stop on the United Nations chief's five-nation Africa trip.
Internally displaced Congolese on the move in North Kivu province after an FDLR attack

Rwandan rebel attacks lead to more displacement in eastern DR Congo, UN says

24 February 2009
Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today it continues to be extremely worried about rising violence against civilians in the eastern Congolese province of North Kivu, where attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels have sparked new displacement.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General Alan Doss

DR Congo: UN envoy tells Rwandan Hutu militia to leave Congolese soil

22 February 2009
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has again urged combatants fighting with a Rwandan militia group in the volatile North Kivu province of the DRC to put down their arms and return home.