Photo: Biliamino Alao/MONUSCO The Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Lt. Gen. Chander Prakash, was in Bukavu, South Kivu province, for two days starting on 13 September 2011. While there, he met with brigade and sector commanders to fine tune the Force's operational plans for the coming six months. He also met with the commander of the 10th military region of the National…
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 14 September 2011 – It was like re living a Hollywood-type action movie in Walikale territory, Nord-Kivu province, on 9 September 2001. An alert about an attack by the rebel Mai Mai Cheka group on villagers in this remote rural area reached a team of peacekeepers who were on stand-by in the vicinity. The group had just attacked the villages of Mutakato, Mpofi and Kigoma, all located in Walikale territory. The…
Photo: Alberto Mbuwa/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 15 September 2011 – Three secondary schools in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province, were recompensed by United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) as a source of encouragement for their efforts to promote the culture of peace in the school environment. The winners, Pedagogical Institute of Mbandaka, Le Bon Berger School and Les Perroquets Nkoso Institute, were outstanding against…
Photo: Amadou Maiga/ MONUSCO Bunia, 15 September 2011 – The mood was festive in Bunia, capital of Ituri district, in the northeastern Province Orientale, on 14 September, as the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) based in this region received the United Nations Medal from the UN Police Chief, Abdallah Wafy. The 138 members of the Unit were awarded the peace medal after completing a two-year service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The…
Photo: Jean-Michel Lybhula/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 19 September 2011 – A two-week training program for 150 officers and inspectors of the Congolese Judicial Police started in Mbandaka on 14 September. Initiated by the Congolese Government and supported by the Rule of Law Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), this training is designed to provide the police officers with up-to-date knowledge…
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 19 September 2011 - "I can assure you that everything is in place to provide security for the upcoming elections," the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Roger Meece, said shortly after arriving in Goma on 19 September. Mr. Meece was from the Zambian city of Ndola, where the plane of the late UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's crashed on 18 September 1961. Mr. Meece had joined…
Operation "Kuta Futa" (The Search) started from 18 to 22 August 2011.It was jointly conducted by Bangladeshi Contingent (BANBAT-1) and FARDC in South Irumu near Lake Albert and Uganda border in Ituri district of Oriental Province, under the aegis of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Considering the recent incidents of looting by militias suspected to be led by Cobra Matata, the Operation was carried out…
Photo: Alberto Mbuwa Kinshasa, 16 September 2011 – Three cargo planes transporting three hundred tons of electoral material landed at N'Djili International Airport, in the Congolese capital, on 14 and 15 September. This first batch of electoral material from China comprised electoral kits intended for elections that are expected to start later this year. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in…
Photo: John Bompengo/Radio Okapi Kinshasa, 12 September 2011 – Radio Okapi, the UN-managed radio station in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented a charter laying down its communication policy during the country's general elections on Saturday, 10 September, to political stakeholders and the media. The document outlines the conduct that the Radio will observe throughout this political process, which will conclude in 2013. The electoral…
Photo: Maude Fournier Kisangani, 8 September 2011 – The question on how to reinvigorate the fight against sexual violence in Province Orientale was at the center of discussions at a meeting in Kisangani, the provincial capital, on 6 September 2011. The discussions were led by a team from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and its partners. The meeting brought together some 30 participants…