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MONUSCO organized Tuesday, June 13, an awareness day for a hundred students from the Bilingual Christian University of Congo (UCBC) in Beni, North Kivu. This awareness-raising is part of a series of activities the Mission is…

Samboko, a village located 58 kilometers from the city of Beni in North Kivu, now has public lighting. Before MONUSCO installed solar streetlights there, the population faced darkness which caused cases of insecurity…

"Every cloud has a silver lining". The expression has been used by Jeanine, Alain, and Henry, the three staff working for the city hall in Beni who are pleased with the improvement in their working conditions since the…

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Goma Peace Court now has three buildings entirely financed by MONUSCO. The first rehabilitated building houses the public prosecutor's office of the Peace Court of Goma. It has been…

"Recruiting children into the army before they reach the legal age of majority means depriving them of their right to education". Since December 2022, the Army and Police have launched recruitment campaigns to strengthen…

“The excellent joint work accomplished by the Ituri provincial authorities in all the civilian, military and police components, and by our MONUSCO colleagues in all their civilian, military and police components are producing…

“Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the DRC. Our troops are the visible face of the United Nations, they are the ones who plan and generate the activities for the protection of the most vulnerable Congolese citizens”. UN…

In the depths of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the biologically diverse Virunga National Park, in Beni, South African peacekeepers stood to attention. While flags flew high in the cool breeze, and…

“Electrical power in a hospital changes everything.” The chief medical officer of Kamango General Reference Hospital, Dr Junior Ngonzi could not hide his joy when leading a MONUSCO team from Beni to visit the electrification…

On Thursday, May 18, 2023, MONUSCO Goma office organized an open house at the Indian battalion base in Saké, located about twenty kilometers from the city of Goma, in North Kivu. Roughly a hundred participants took part…

Heavy rains on 4 May caused mudslides in the Kalehe territory (South Kivu), sweeping away a large part of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. The official death toll stands at 438, with more than 5,000 missing and…

Heavy rains on 4 May caused mudslides in the Kalehe territory (South Kivu), sweeping away a large part of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. The official death toll stands at 438, with more than 5,000 missing and…