Goma, 3 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Martin Kobler, accompanied by the North-Kivu head of office Ray Torres inspected the weapons and rounds of ammunition recovered by the Indian Battalion in North-Kivu. Between May and August 2014, the Indian Battalion in North-Kivu found arms caches including 258 weapons and ammunitions found in Rumangabo, Tshanzu and Katale, the territory of Rutshuru with the help of…
MONUSCO Security Sector Reform section organized between 26 and 29 August, in Kinshasa, a 4-day operational capacity-building workshop for the Congolese National Police Inspection personnel. Twenty senior police members received basic courses on Excel and Power Point at Utex II compound.The aim of the training was to explore the means and ways to improve the mechanism for civilians’ protection through the use of a better communication tool…
Goma, 22 August 2014 – The Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Kobler, on an evaluation tour of “Islands of Stability” in the eastern North Kivu province, visited the towns of Rutshuru and Kiwanja in Rutshuru territory on 20 August 2014. The head of MONUSCO was accompanied by Abdallah Wafi, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary- General in charge of Operations in…
Himbi, 15 th August 2014 - A Medal Parade in commemoration of 68th Independence Day of Republic of India was organized at the Indian Battalion base at Himbi near Goma on 15 th August 2014In a two hour long program, the parade was led by Captain Hitesh of INDBATT I and reviewed by MONUSCO Force Commander Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz. In his massage during the occasion North Kivu Commander Brigadier General AK Samantara…
Bukavu, 15 August 2014 – Some 140 elements of the Egyptian formed police unit (FPU) based in Bukavu, South Kivu, were presented with the United National medal by the Deputy Commissioner of the UN Police (UNPOL) component of MONUSCO. Colonel Tabasky Diouf lauded the discipline, professionalism, bravery, courage, sacrifice and dedication that have shown during their one-year mission in South Kivu. Since September 2013 they have, unilaterally or…
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 immediately been placed on alert and are joining forces with the Congolese security forces to locate the assailants in order to bring them to justice. « The Mission has increased its patrols to better protect the population…
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, tomatoes, cabbage, amaranth, sweet potatoes and many others. A few months ago, Bhanu Bhaktar, UNV Logistician with MONUSCO, presented a project as part of the Volunteer Initiatives for Peace and Development, part of the United…
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 International Youth Day, Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, would like to draw attention on the key role that young women and men of the DRC should play as essential actors of change for the development of their country. “Nearly…
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 skills in today’s rapidly changing media landscape Jon Greenway, a New York-based UN expert, led the workshop with training modules focusing on: the changing culture of communication; running websites and producing content…
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 (8 ft long) of an unknown type, 68 rounds of artillery ammunition (155 & 130 mm), 58 mortar shells (81 &, 60 & 120 mm), 331 rounds of cannon ammunition (30mm), 5 rounds of grenade (40 mm), 1 RPG rocket launcher, 6 anti…