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Election materiel being loaded in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), onto an aircraft of MONUSCO to be routed to Lubumbashi.
MONUSCO/Michael Ali

DR Congo: UN envoy calls on political stakeholders to show flexibility to aid election process

25 November 2016
Wrapping up a visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region, a United Nations envoy today urged stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) electoral process to do more to help ensure the country is able to hold peaceful elections.
MONUSCO troops near Kibumba in North Kivu along the Goma - Rutshuru road, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: Ban condemns attack that kills one civilian and wounds 32 UN peacekeepers

8 November 2016
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today’s attack against peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), which resulted in the death of one Congolese girl and injuries to 32 ‘blue helmets.’