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Montevideo, May 30th 2025 - 19:19 UTC

Tag: Congo

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2025 - 09:32 UTC

    Uruguayan troops in DRC to return home starting late this month

    Lubetkin met with António Guterres, who committed to investigating the death of the Uruguayan soldier in the DRC

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed that his country's military mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a UN peacekeeping force will return home between late March and early April 2025. Lubetkin made the announcement after meetings in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix. The relief of Uruguayan troops will be carried out in stages, it was also explained.

  • Friday, February 14th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Body of fallen Uruguayan soldier arrives in Montevideo

    “The last thing he told us was that he loved us,” the soldier's widow admitted

    The remains of Uruguayan soldier Rodolfo Cipriano Álvarez Suárez, who died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this month while deployed on the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping MONUSCO mission, arrived in Montevideo on Thursday. A ceremony was held at Air Base No. 1, attended by President Luis Lacalle Pou and Ministers Armando Castaingdebat (Defense) and Omar Paganini (Foreign Affairs), among other high-ranking officials.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 09:56 UTC

    Yamandú Orsi calls for tougher measures in Congo

    Pulling Uruguay from the Monusco force needs to be decided with all the elements on the table, Orsi argued

    Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi maintained Tuesday that the United Nations must do something concrete about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where troops from the South American country are stationed as part of the international Monusco peacekeeping mission. “The United Nations Security Council has to take a firmer decision,” Orsi stressed.

  • Monday, January 27th 2025 - 08:34 UTC

    Uruguayan peacekeeper killed in DRC as rebels seize Goma

    Uruguayan Sergeant Adrián Fernández has been wounded and is in a “critical” condition

    Various UN peacekeeping troops were killed this weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the rebel M23 made territorial gains. One Uruguayan was among the dead and another was reported stable, albeit in a critical condition. Three others were wounded. In addition to the Uruguayan casualty, the UN troops also confirmed the killing of two South African soldiers. At least 13 peacekeepers fell last week.

  • Monday, February 19th 2024 - 18:49 UTC

    US condemns Rwanda for supporting violence in neighboring Congo

    US called on Rwanda to immediately withdraw all of its military personnel from the DRC and remove surface-to-air missile systems.

    The United States in a Saturday statement on the violent situation caused by attacks on the civilian population in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, strongly condemned neighboring Rwanda for supporting a rebel group behind all the death and turmoil.

  • Monday, April 17th 2023 - 22:51 UTC

    More killings in eastern Congo; Uruguay might withdraw its member of UN peace keeping forces

    Although the Uruguayan army reported no attacks on its troops, the Uruguayan government has been thinking of withdrawing forces given the endemic recurrence of violent incidents

    Dozens of people were killed in attacks on villages in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a civil society organization said Saturday. Local sources blamed the attacks on the CODECO militants, saying they attacked at least three villages, around 60 kilometers from the provincial capital of Bunia.

  • Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazilian President announces alliance with Indonesia and Congo

    With his previous experience as president, Lula said that “we will do more in four years -proportionally more- than we did in eight years.”

    In an exclusive TV interview marking his first 100 days in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Monday (10) that he will meet in June with his colleagues from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia to launch an alliance between the countries that hold the largest rainforests on the planet, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

    Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo

    Photo: Bobulix / Flickr

    Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.

  • Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 19:30 UTC

    Africa accounts for only 4% of world emissions, Congo authorities warn

    Guterres delivered his message to dignitaries in Kinshasa from New York

    Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Environment Minister Eve Bazaïba underlined that the African continent was “responsible for only 4% of world emissions” of greenhouse gases.

  • Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Uruguayan peacekeepers hospitalized in Uganda

    An Uruguayan physician from Congo and a translator were to assist in the corporal's recovery

    One Uruguayan soldier needed surgery after sustaining a fractured skull and another was reported to be recovering well after they were both attacked in Uganda while on leave from their peacekeeping group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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