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“ Our troops deployed here from our bases because they are prepared to die if such is the price to pay for the sake of protecting the people of this country.” It is with this firm and reassuring tone that MONUSCO Force…

Martine is 30 years old. You will not see her face in this publication because she speaks anonymously and, besides, Martine is an assumed name. Like any human being, Martine, a mother living in the town of Beni, has made…

“ Our main objective is to stop any desire by the M23 to invade Sake or Goma. Our troops are deployed throughout the region and if armed groups ever approach these towns, MONUSCO and FARDC will defend the civilian population…

This activity is part of MONUSCO's commitment to provide support to institutions representing the rule of law in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as requested by the United Nations Security Council through its Resolution…

The MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced that it has started to consolidate its presence in hotspots in North Kivu and Ituri in line with the approach proposed by the SG in his…

In recent weeks, MONUSCO Force in collaboration with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo launched and intensified offensives against armed groups resisting to the peace process in Ituri. For two weeks…

Oicha police officers now have a training room that can accommodate up to fifty people. The construction of this premises was financed to the tune of approximately $ 22,000 by MONUSCO to facilitate training sessions for these…

Misinformation poses a significant risk to UN peacekeeping operations. Allowed to fester, it not only damages the perception of a mission and creates confusion about the role of ‘blue helmets’, it can also put their lives in…

" Contrary to what some people think, we do a lot, every day, and even outside the Beni region, for peace to return to eastern DRC". General Enock Ntonya, outgoing commander of the MONUSCO Intervention Brigade (FIB), made…

Marcelinne instinctively puts on a sincere smile when asked about her dream. For a second, the words won't come out of her mouth, then she finally answers: doctor. In reality, such an answer wasn't always so obvious. "At home…

On a Monday in 1993, when civil war broke out in his country, Patrick (*) was just four years old. His father was forced to take his family to safety and leave the town of Giciye in Rwanda for the province of North Kivu in…

As part of the fight against cyber-harassment against politically active women, MONUSCO Gender section in collaboration with the feminist movement “Bisobasi Telema” (Women, Let Us Rise) organized from August 14 to 15 in…