Kisangani, 30 January 2013 – A capacity-building workshop for journalists on advancing the cause of women's rights was organized in the town of Kisangani, Province Orientale, on 29 January 2013, at the initiative of the Network of Associative and Community Media of Province Oriental (REMACPO), with the support of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The workshop, which was set up…
Bunia, 30 January 2013 – The town of Bunia, the regional capital of the Ituri district, Province Orientale, has been under water since yesterday, after a heavy rainfall hit the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rare intensity of the downpour battering Bunia since the early morning hours of Wednesday, 30 January, caused an overflow of the local Nyamukau River, with the resulting floodwaters cutting throught the town. The…
Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo(FARDC). The document is a falsification and there is no doubt that the purpose…
Goma, 24 January 2013 - The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre (UNMACC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 14 January 2013, destroyed 373 unexploded devices, at the National Armed Forces' camp at Mubambiro, a village located 25 km southwest of the eastern town of Goma. The destruction operation was part of the efforts by the United Nations Organizations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) to clear Goma and its…
Kinshasa, 14 January 2013: The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and head of MONUSCO, Mr. Roger Meece, welcomes the return to Bukavu today of Dr. Denis Mukwege, chief medical doctor at the Panzi hospital, whose contribution to the physical and mental rehabilitation of women victims of rape in this province is recognized world-wide. "Today is a great day for…
Kinshasa, 2 January 2013: Between 21 and 24 December 2012, the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) dispatched an evaluation team to Mpati, Nyange and Bibwe in the territory of Masisi, Nord-Kivu province. The team was comprised of members of the Civil Affairs as well as of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement Sections (DD/RRR) and the Nord-Kivu…
Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo(FARDC). The document is a falsification and there is no doubt that the purpose…
Bukavu, 24 January 2013 - The Egyptian Formed Police Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) warmed the hearts of orphaned children in Sud Kivu province when they brought them a bundle of toys on Thursday, 24 January 2013. About a hundred children live in this care center, which is managed by the NGO Œuvre d'Espoir pour l'Enfance in the Panzi neighborhood of Bukavu, the…
Uvira, 25 January 2013 - Last December in Uvira, the Child Protection section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) presented an action plan to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and serious human rights violations committed against them by elements of the Congolese defence and security forces. The event was attended by some fifty local actors including military and…
Uvira, 25 January 2013 – In order to encourage the communities of the Fizi territory in Sud Kivu to live together and develop their region, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Fizi and Itombwe frameworks for inter-community dialogue (CCI) jointly organized a sensitization workshop for local chiefs and leaders on safeguarding peace, security and peaceful coexistence. Since…