Kinshasa, 14 August 2014 – “This new attack against six members of the same family in Mutarule yesterday is unacceptable and I strongly condemn this crime,” declared Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO. MONUSCO forces have…
On the right bank of the Congo River in Kisangani, thirteen women weed and plow a piece of land that you can see from the road. Small rows of all kinds of vegetables have been planted side by side - eggplants, green beans…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, appeals for the mobilization of young people as actors of change for the development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, 12 August 2014: On the occasion of the celebration of the…
Between 4 and 8 August 2014, in Kinshasa and Goma, MONUSCO Public Information Officers, including Radio Okapi journalists, attended a training workshop aimed at providing them with new digital communication and social media…
MONUSCO Indian peacekeepers discovered, on 4 August 2014, an important cache of ammunition in Tshanzu, some 6 km south of their operating base located in the area of Tchengerero, in North Kivu. The cache contained 2 missiles…
Bunia, 10 July 2014: The project codenamed “islands of stability” was launched on 10 July 2014 in Geti, the territory of Walendu bindi in the south of Irumu by political and administrative delegation from Bunia along with the…
UN report on Children and Armed Conflict in the DRC More than 6,000 children victims of conflict related violence in DRC Kinshasa, 21 July, 2014: More than 6 000 Congolese children were victims of violence between January…
Goma, North-Kivu province, 9-10 July - A reflection workshop bringing together thirty correction unit staff to reflect on the means and ways to improve security and prisons management in the North Kivu province was held on 9…
Mbandaka, on 15 July 2014 – A round table initiated by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office bringing together 35 state and non-state actors in Mbandaka, the provincial administrative center, to assess the…
A campaign initiated by the National League of Congolese Youth against Conflict (LNJCLC) in North Kivu, kicked off at the Ephatha School (Volcano district, Goma) on Thursday, May 15, 2014. ''Stop communal conflict in the…