Photo: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO Lieutenant-General Babakar Gaye, Military Advisor to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 25 to 30 September, to meet with peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). In the following interview given to MONUSCO's Radio Okapi, General Gaye tells us what his visit was about. Radio Okapi: General…
Photo: Maj Ramesh Gurung/MONUSCO Beni, 30 September 2011 – Peacekeepers of the 15th Nepalese Battalion awarded seven students their graduation certificates at a ceremony organized in Beni, Nord Kivu province, on 28 September. The graduation comes as the crowning of nine months of training in English literature and computer science at the Vocational Training Centre/Peace and Development (VTC/PD) set by the Nepalese Peacekeepers of the United…
Photo: Moussa Demba Diallo/ MONUSCO Beni, 19 September 2011 – For two days, starting on 13 September 2011, a joint UN team visited the localities of Isale and Bulambo, Nord-Kivu province, Eastern DRC to verify allegations that the villagers had fled their farms following clashes between elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and unidentified armed men. The team made of experts from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the…
Photo: Myriam Asmani/MONUSCO Mbandaka, 12 September 2011 – A delegation from the Corrections Unit of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) was in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province, on 12 September during which they discussed with local authorities on the conditions of prisoners in local prisons. Previous mission assessments conducted by MONUSCO experts revealed that the conditions of prisoners…
Photo: Biliamino Alao/MONUSCO The Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Lt. Gen. Chander Prakash, was in Bukavu, South Kivu province, for two days starting on 13 September 2011. While there, he met with brigade and sector commanders to fine tune the Force's operational plans for the coming six months. He also met with the commander of the 10th military region of the National…
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 14 September 2011 – It was like re living a Hollywood-type action movie in Walikale territory, Nord-Kivu province, on 9 September 2001. An alert about an attack by the rebel Mai Mai Cheka group on villagers in this remote rural area reached a team of peacekeepers who were on stand-by in the vicinity. The group had just attacked the villages of Mutakato, Mpofi and Kigoma, all located in Walikale territory. The…
Photo: Alberto Mbuwa/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 15 September 2011 – Three secondary schools in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province, were recompensed by United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) as a source of encouragement for their efforts to promote the culture of peace in the school environment. The winners, Pedagogical Institute of Mbandaka, Le Bon Berger School and Les Perroquets Nkoso Institute, were outstanding against…
Photo: Amadou Maiga/ MONUSCO Bunia, 15 September 2011 – The mood was festive in Bunia, capital of Ituri district, in the northeastern Province Orientale, on 14 September, as the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) based in this region received the United Nations Medal from the UN Police Chief, Abdallah Wafy. The 138 members of the Unit were awarded the peace medal after completing a two-year service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The…
Photo: Jean-Michel Lybhula/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 19 September 2011 – A two-week training program for 150 officers and inspectors of the Congolese Judicial Police started in Mbandaka on 14 September. Initiated by the Congolese Government and supported by the Rule of Law Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), this training is designed to provide the police officers with up-to-date knowledge…
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 19 September 2011 - "I can assure you that everything is in place to provide security for the upcoming elections," the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Roger Meece, said shortly after arriving in Goma on 19 September. Mr. Meece was from the Zambian city of Ndola, where the plane of the late UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's crashed on 18 September 1961. Mr. Meece had joined…