Photo Esther Ndalafina/Radio Okapi. Au milieu, le chef de bureau de la MONUSCO Mbuji Mayi entouré par les représentants des partis politiques de Lodja. Lodja, 20 November 2011 – A joint delegation made up of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) officials was in Lodja, Sankuru District, Kasai Oriental province, on 16 November 2011, on a three-day…
Geneva/Kinshasa, 9 November 2011 – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that such incidents could endanger the democratic process and lead to post-electoral violence as well. Geneva/Kinshasa, 9 November 2011 – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in…
Kinshasa, 22 November 2011: One of the helicopters of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO) that was supposed to have delivered electoral material from Kisangani to Bokongo in the Oriental Province today was forced to make an emergency landing in Yambula, 130 Kms South West of Kisangani, after its engine developed a technical problem All the seven passengers and four crew members are well and safe…
Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kinshasa, 19 November 2011 - A National Mediation Commission tasked to resolve election-related conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was inaugurated on Friday 18 November 2011, under the joint chairmanship of the Independent Election Commission (CENI) and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The ceremony took place at the seat of CENI and was attended by…
Photo MONUSCO/Biliaminou Alao Bukavu, 16 November 2011 - The South Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized a handover ceremony on Wednesday, 16 November 2011, between the outgoing commander Brigadier General Muhammad Jamil and his successor Brigadier General Nadir Khan. Before leaving the country, Brigadier General Jamil spoke with Radio Okapi, the UN radio, and gave his…
Briefing in MONUSCO Conference Room for the delegation. On the right the head of office M. Cheikh Bangoura, on the left the Police Commissioner of PNC M. Bisengimana. Pho to MONUSCO Piergiorgio Paglialonga . Mbuji Mayi 14 November 2011- As part of his nationwide tour to ensure trouble-free elections, the acting Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), General Charles Bisengimana, accompanied by the UN Stabilization Mission in…
Photo MONUSCO/Sylvain LIECHTI Goma, 8 November 2011 – For three weeks, 125 freshly arrived elements from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s Formed Police Unit (FPU) were trained on public order policing techniques in preparation for the country's presidential and legislative elections due on 28 November. The training included modules dealing with policing tactics based on the new…
Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kindu, 11 November 2011 – It is fifty years ago this year that 13 Italian peacekeepers were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fifty years ago and the memory of their death is still fresh. They were all pilots and they were killed on 11 November 1961 in Kindu, currently the administrative capital of Maniema province. It was here that a memorial service was held in their honour on 11 November as part of…
Photo MONUSCO/ Paul-Richard Malengela Mbandaka, 10 November 2011 – A delegation of the National Committee for Election Security was in Mbandaka, Equateur province, this week to potential security threats associated with the on-going national electoral process. The delegation was led by the interim Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), General Charles Bisengimana, and included representatives from the country's Armed Forces…
The MONUSCO Office of Gender Affairs has launched a series of projects aimed to improve security and participation of women and girls in the DRC during the electoral process. The first project entitled ‘Research Action’ aimed to construct a network to identify, count and categorise all violations upon the rights of Congolese women and girls during the electoral process. The ultimate objective is to ensure that women and girls can fully…