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Senior UN official assesses stabilization plan in eastern DR Congo

23 July 2008
A top UN official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ross Mountain, is visiting North Kivu province with the Congolese Minister of Planning, Olivier Kamitatu, to assess the implementation of the security and stabilization plan for eastern DRC.
Prisoners at Mbuji Mayi central prison in Kasaï Oriental province

DR Congo: UN voices alarm at rising number of prison deaths

21 July 2008
Human rights officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have expressed serious concern about the living conditions in the Mbuji Mayi central prison, where at least 26 prisoners have died from severe and acute malnutrition since February.
Displaced prepare to go home to Ituri last year, before the operation was suspended

DR Congo: displaced people resume return to their homes in north with UN help

21 July 2008
Displaced people today began returning to their homes in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the help of the United Nations refugee agency.
Ross Mountain briefs reporters on his visit to North Kivu

Senior UN officials assess peace efforts in eastern DR Congo province

18 July 2008
Senior officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have concluded a visit to North Kivu to assess ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the province.
MONUC rehabilitates infrastructure in eastern DR of Congo

DR Congo: UN mission completes construction of camps for Government troops

16 July 2008
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has completed construction on three training camps for Government forces, known as the FARDC, as well as roads, bridges and airfields in North and South Kivu provinces in the east of the country.