Goma, North-Kivu province, 9-10 July - A reflection workshop bringing together thirty correction unit staff to reflect on the means and ways to improve security and prisons management in the North Kivu province was held on 9 - 10 July 2014. MONUSCO correction administration support section in collaboration with the provincial Ministry for justice organized the reflection within the framework of raising public awareness of the correction…
Mbandaka, on 15 July 2014 – A round table initiated by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office bringing together 35 state and non-state actors in Mbandaka, the provincial administrative center, to assess the implementation of the 9 July 2011 law on the criminalization of torture in the DR Congo, noticed that little progress was achieved thus far in this area, in this particular province. . Prior to the assessment, they all diagnosed the…
A campaign initiated by the National League of Congolese Youth against Conflict (LNJCLC) in North Kivu, kicked off at the Ephatha School (Volcano district, Goma) on Thursday, May 15, 2014. ''Stop communal conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'', is the title of the campaign aimed at raising awareness in communities in South Kivu about peaceful coexistence and how solidarity brings added value in the resolution of community conflicts…
Banyampuli, 11 July 2014 - The Armed Forces of the DR Congo (FARDC), supported by the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade, launched military operations in Bunyampuli, North Kivu, on 2 July 2014, against the Mayi Mayi NDC Sheka militia group, resulting in population displacements in the area. As of 4 th July, the number of displaced people (IDPs) stood as follows: 238 families in Mpofi, 15 families in Bunangiri and 115 families in Kigoma village (4…
North-Kivu, June 24-26 - A team of MONUSCO police officers on a mission to the territory of Walikale, North-Kivu, from 24 to 26 June 2014, held an awareness sessions and operational capacity-building for Congolese police officers on maintenance and restoration of peace and public order in keeping with human rights standards. Technical and logistic support was provided by MONUSCO with a view to promoting civilians’ protection and restoration of…
« Mbandaka, 2 July 2014. » Central African refugees at Camp Molet, about thirty kilometers away from the DRC city of Zongo, north-west of Equateur province started returning to Bangui, amid persisting insecurity in the central African Capital. This was noticed by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday 2 July 2014 at DRC’s Immigration Department (DGM) and the civil society in Zongo. Central…
Kisangani, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) assisted the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in airlifting 15 tonnes of electoral kits to Kisangani on Tuesday 24 June 2014, in anticipation for the upcoming elections. The kits will be used to stabilize the operational mapping and to ensure reliability for the voters' register. Immediately after arriving…
Mutarule, 20 June 2014 - Martin Kobler, accompanied by UN French delegation travelled to Mutarule, in the Ruzizi plain, South-Kivu province on 20 June 2014 to encourage local communities to resolve inter-ethnic conflicts through dialogue after violent inter-ethnic clashes that left 33 civilian victims during the night of 6 - 7 June in that territory. The head of MONUSCO also advocated for restoration of confidence among local population as well…
13 June 2014: MONUSCO Police organized a 5-day re-training session on judiciary police techniques for Judiciary Police Officers in Uvira, South-Kivu province that ended on 13 June 2014 The retraining session, attended by 28 Judiciary Police Officers of the Congolese National Police force (PNC), was designed to help trainees improve the quality of investigations. Given by three MONUSCO Police trainers, the program had theoretical courses on the…
Bunia, 11 June 2014 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), through its Civil Affairs sections, assisted civil society organizations in Bunia, Ituri in organizing a debriefing workshop of a national forum held in Kinshasa from 10 to 11 June 2014. Altogether 53 delegates from civil society organizations from the five territories of Ituri, participated in the workshop whose objective was to debrief…