Civil society in the Beni territory, MONUSCO and the territorial administrator have agreed to resume the disrupted dialogue following the rise, over the past few months, of anti-MONUSCO sentiment among some members of the population in this North Kivu territory. On January 19, 2023, the three partners met in Oicha, capital city of Beni territory, to renew the dialogue – even if it had never actually been disrupted. MONUSCO reiterated its…
On January 18, MONUSCO evacuated to Goma the critically injured persons in the bomb attack perpetrated in a Pentecostal church in Kasindi on the border with Uganda in the territory of Beni, North Kivu. Altogether, six persons were evacuated by UN mission helicopter from Beni to Goma. They were received for treatment at the general hospital in Beni where they had been evacuated for the first time from Kasindi on January 16. Among those injured are…
As part of its support to the institutions of the Republic, MONUSCO handed over to the provincial Minister of Transport a computer kit to organize the identification of motorcyclists involved in public transport in the city of Bukavu and its surroundings. This donation follows a series of awareness-raising activities that MONUSCO has been conducting for more than a year among motorcyclists to encourage their involvement in the fight against…
The Tanzanian contingent of MONUSCO deployed in North Kivu has launched since January 3, 2023 the "Afia na Amani" (peace and health) campaign in Beni and its surroundings. The medical campaign aims to enhance trust between peacekeepers and local communities, with a view to achieving peaceful objectives in this area. During this campaign, which runs from January 3 to 13, Tanzanian peacekeepers have been moving through the city of Beni and its…
"The threat is real." Police officials in Beni acknowledge that the city is still under threat from improvised explosive devices. In 2021, on the evening of the Christmas celebration, a device exploded in a pub in the city of Beni, killing six and injuring a dozen. A year later, during this festive period, MONUSCO police (UNPOL) organized a training on Thursday, December 29 for police officers in Beni. Altogether twenty trainees received training…
How can the "crisis of confidence" between the Congolese National Police and the civilian population be ended or at least reduced? This question was the subject of a round table discussion on 20 December 2022 organised by the office of the United Nations Mission in Congo in Bunia. More than sixty participants representing the judiciary, the provincial government, the Congolese national police and various youth movements took part. "There are…
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the programs for the West and Central Africa Region that has a significant number of volunteers in the field. It now has more than 500 volunteers, including 300 within MONUSCO and others serving in Funds and Programs of Agencies of the United Nations System. Volunteers in the DRC continue to contribute to peace, justice, and the formation of strong…
Kinshasa, 20 December 2022 : The Special Representative of the UNSG and Head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita, welcomes the adoption of two resolutions by the SC this Tuesday.
As part of its mandate to support the institutions of the Republic, MONUSCO has built and equipped a courtroom for the Court of Appeal in Bunia, Ituri province. Marc-Karna Soro, head of the MONUSCO Ituri office, officially handed over the building to the first president of the said Court of Appeal in the presence of the public prosecutor, magistrates, and judicial staff on Wednesday, 7 December 2022 in Bunia. " We thank MONUSCO for its support…
For many years, MONUSCO has provided technical, logistical and financial support for the rehabilitation and construction of bridges, not only to facilitate the mobility of the Blue Helmets in their operations to protect civilians, but also to improve the communication routes of communities across the vast country of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The construction of the Lushoga and Kihira bridges (North Kivu) and the Nyangezi bridge (South…