Uvira, 5 July 2013 – Sixty journalists from community radio stations belonging to the Network for Synergy of the Media Outlets of Uvira and Fizi territories attended a two-day training workshop from 14 to 15 June in the town of Uvira, South Kivu, by the Public Information Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( MONUSCO). The focus of the training was on the techniques of editorial meetings as…
Kananga, 4 July 2013 – A group of 40 journalists, including editors-in-chief and editors, from the different radio stations across Western Kasai province, received training from the Public Information Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO). The three-day training, 27 to 29 June 2013, was organized in Kananga, the provincial main town, on such aspects of journalistic reporting as writing news scripts, content…
Kinshasa, 3 July 2013 – Violence against women, especially rape, is a major concern for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), more so because the mission's core mandate is to protect civilians in the country. Within the framework of that mandate, and under its strategy to combat gender-based violence, including sexual abuse, MONUSCO's Gender Unit held a "Gender and Media" training…
Kisangani, 27 June 2013 – Congolese women's involvement in the implementation of the Addis Ababa's Framework for peace, security and cooperation in the DR Congo and the Great Lakes Region as well as the resolutions 2098 and 1325 of the United Nations Security Council were at the heart of a debate held in Kisangani, Orientale province, on 27 June 2013. The meeting held at the French cultural center Alliance française under the auspices of MONUSCO…
Kinshasa, 26 June 2013 – In the Democratic Republic of Congo, as in the rest of the world, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was celebrated on 26 June. The annual event was marked with a ceremony organized jointly in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and the Government Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. The Congolese Government was represented at the ceremony by the…
Bukavu, 27 June 2013 - The South-Kivu Governor, Marcellin Cishambo, inaugurated on 26 June 2013, a quick impact project of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), aiming at bringing electricity to the prison of Kabare and the surrounding areas in Orientale Province. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of MONUSCO office in the South Kivu, Aliou Sene, as well as several provincial…
Bunia, 27 June 2012 - The Ituri district, in the northeastern Oriental Province, has, for a long time, suffered from the torments of armed conflicts. The civilian population has been the victim of all kinds of abuses and exactions, but now there is hope for a better future. It is against this backdrop that the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was celebrated in Ituri this Wednesday, 27 June 2013. This commemoration was organized…
Kinshasa, 27 June 2013 - The Chief of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Roger Meece, left the Mission yesterday afternoon after completing his term of office as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC. Staff members noteworthy among them the Deputy-Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and humanitarian Coordinator, Moustapha Soumaré…
Kinshasa, 27 June 2013 – Continued attacks against civilians by Mayi-Mayi combatants, under the command of Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, in Walikale territory, North Kivu, remain a major concern for MONUSCO. Sheka has been accused since 2010 of serious Human Rights violations, including killings, sexual violence, abduction of civilians and lootings in Walikale territory. On 6 June 2013, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of…