Mbuji-Mayi, 19 February 2013 – A specialized judicial unit for combating sexual violence was inaugurated by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), in Tshilenge district of Kasai Oriental province, 20 km southeast of Mbuji-Mayi, the provincial capital. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) helped to establish this specialized unit within the Public Prosecutor's Office of…
Bukavu, 15 February 2013 – The Public Information Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized a workshop for local opinion leaders to raise awareness on its mandate and activities. The 20 participants hailed from several territories of Sud Kivu, including Kalehe, Kabare, Shabunda, Mwenga, Walungu, Idjwi, as well as Bukavu, the provincial capital. The participants were…
Kananga, 16 February 2013 - The Public Information Section of the United Nations organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on Wednesday, 13 February 2013, organized in Kananga a round-table on "MONUSCO's presence and its implications". Nearly 200 pupils and teachers from three high schools of Kananga: Institut des Beaux-Arts, Complexe scolaire Bon Berger, Centre de Formation sociale de Katoka, took part in…
Mbuji Mayi, 28 February 2012 - The United Nations Integrated Office in Kasai Oriental, with support from the Rotary Club of Mbuji Mayi, organized a soccer tournament on 23 February to raise awareness among the youths of this province about the values of peace. With the theme of "Peace through service", the event was organized as part of the celebration of Rotary International's Global Understanding and Peace Day. A total of twelve teams competed…
Kinshasa, 2 March 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) expresses deep concern about the renewed fighting between rival groups in Rutshuru and Masisi territories, in North Kivu, and the subsequent consequences on the civilian population. In Kitchanga, Masisi territory, humanitarian assistance is being provided to some 3000 civilians who have recently sought refuge around the MONUSCO base…
Goma, 26 February 2013 – The Police of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is planning to develop a pilot project of more than one million dollars to train and equip a Congolese special police unit in intervention and combat techniques to fight sexual violence. The special unit's mission will consist in effectively dealing with the security concerns in IDP camps around Goma, the…
15 February 2013 – The United Nations food relief agency today said it will fly in 20 metric tons of emergency food supplies to recently displaced persons in the town of Punia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the hardest areas to reach in the eastern part of the country. "Bringing food assistance to Punia is costly and also poses an immense logistical challenge," says the World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director in DRC…
Goma, 14 February 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) held an awareness-raising session in Goma on Thursday, 14 February 2013, to inform local women on its mandate. Over 400 women, most of them members of Goma-based women's associations, turned up at the event organized by MONUSCO's Public Information Section, with the support of other substantive sections and the Nord-Kivu…
Bukavu, 14 February 2013 – On 6 February 2013, some fifty women leaders and a number of local administrative authorities of the territories of Kalehe and Mwenga, Sud Kivu province, took part in a day of reflection and exchange of ideas on the subject of "Women's participation in protection mechanisms". The day was organized by the Gender Affairs section of the regional office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
Goma, 11 February 2013 – Following the deferment of the signing of the Framework Agreement on the future deployment of the joint UN and African Union International Neutral Force last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, several civil society activists in Nord Kivu had voiced pessimistic views about the future of such a Force. It is important to recall that the entire Congolese population especially in Nord Kivu had greeted the announcement of this…