Mbandaka, 5 February 2013 – On 31 January 2013, Pierre Kamulete, district commissioner of Sud-Ubangi, Equateur province, visited Dongo, within the framework of ongoing pacification efforts in a region that suffered social unrest in 2009 following the insurgency of the Mouvement de Libération indépendant et Alliés (MLIA – Independent Liberation Movement and Allies). The district commissioner was accompanied by a delegation of the Ministry of…
Kananga, 4 February 2013 – The Civil Affairs Section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized on Saturday, 2 February 2013, in Kananga, capital of Kasaï Occidental province, a meeting to plan the activities of the Cadre de Concertation des Jeunes (CCJ – Youth Consultation Framework) on civil rights and responsibilities. This activity was supported by MONUSCO Office of…
Mbandaka, 4 February 2013 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), through its Public Information section, took part, on Saturday, 4 February, in a cultural event organized by the Coordination of Students of the Medical Studies Institute of Mbandaka (IEM -- Institut d'Etudes médicales de Mbandaka) in Equateur province. The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) and the…
Kisangani, 31 January 2013 – Several dozens of UN peacekeepers deployed in Kisangani, capital of Province Orientale, are being trained by the police of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on how to maintain and restore law and public order. The training, which kicked off on 28 January, involving 40 peacekeepers (20 Bangladeshis and 20 Egyptians), will end on 8 February. The training…
Kisangani, 30 January 2013 – A capacity-building workshop for journalists on advancing the cause of women's rights was organized in the town of Kisangani, Province Orientale, on 29 January 2013, at the initiative of the Network of Associative and Community Media of Province Oriental (REMACPO), with the support of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The workshop, which was set up…
Bunia, 30 January 2013 – The town of Bunia, the regional capital of the Ituri district, Province Orientale, has been under water since yesterday, after a heavy rainfall hit the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rare intensity of the downpour battering Bunia since the early morning hours of Wednesday, 30 January, caused an overflow of the local Nyamukau River, with the resulting floodwaters cutting throught the town. The…
Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo(FARDC). The document is a falsification and there is no doubt that the purpose…
Goma, 24 January 2013 - The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre (UNMACC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 14 January 2013, destroyed 373 unexploded devices, at the National Armed Forces' camp at Mubambiro, a village located 25 km southwest of the eastern town of Goma. The destruction operation was part of the efforts by the United Nations Organizations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) to clear Goma and its…
Kinshasa, 14 January 2013: The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and head of MONUSCO, Mr. Roger Meece, welcomes the return to Bukavu today of Dr. Denis Mukwege, chief medical doctor at the Panzi hospital, whose contribution to the physical and mental rehabilitation of women victims of rape in this province is recognized world-wide. "Today is a great day for…
Kinshasa, 2 January 2013: Between 21 and 24 December 2012, the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) dispatched an evaluation team to Mpati, Nyange and Bibwe in the territory of Masisi, Nord-Kivu province. The team was comprised of members of the Civil Affairs as well as of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement Sections (DD/RRR) and the Nord-Kivu…