" We have a duty of accountability. The Mission is committed to respect for human rights. I can confirm with certainty that MONUSCO is not responsible for the death of the demonstrators who looted and vandalized its base in Goma. The joint Government-MONUSCO investigations will prove this". The Special Representative ad interim of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, was answering questions from Congolese journalists during the…
With funding of US$1,500,000 from the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund, a community radio station and the Women's House have been set up in Kigulube, in the territory of Shabunda, South Kivu, as part of the WOSH-Women of Shabunda project. The project was implemented by the MONUSCO'S Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…
A dozen women from the countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), of the African Union, supported by UN Women and led by Catherine Samba Panza, honorary president of the Central African Republic, have been in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, since July 11. This delegation, whose members come from different African countries, is advocating for a better political participation of women, their involvement in the…
The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their support to national and regional efforts to promote peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region, building on the commitments made by the countries of the region under the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region. They welcomed the Summit hosted by President Lourenço of Angola between President Tshisekedi of the DRC and…
During a ceremony held on 28 June 2022 at MONUSCO's "Incal" site in Kinshasa, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC for Protection and Operations, Khassim Diagne, officially handed over a batch of equipment to the Congolese government's Demobilisation, Disarmament, Community and Social Reintegration Programme (PDDRCS). The equipment includes six light vehicles, office furniture, audio-visual and sound recording…
The two main markets in the commune of Lubero and Mulo have been renovated with funding from MONUSCO. In this region, where local armed groups still pose a serious security threat, these trading places are a breath of fresh air for a population whose economic activity is severely affected by insecurity. The two projects have been funded to the tune of US$200,000. They were presented at the end of last week during the visit of the head of the…
" Mulekera is a hot commune". It is with these words that Ben Kawa starts out talking about his commune. He was born there. He grew up there. He lives there. " All the citizen movements started in Mulekera. All the big demonstrations in the city also start from there", explains the young man, shaved head, jovial face ever wearing an optimistic smile that hardly hides his hyperactivity. A journalist, Ben Kawa was, between 2019 and 2021, president…
MONUSCO through its head of office in Bukavu, on 16 June, handed over twenty-five (25) desktops, nine (09) laptops, 25 printers, 25 inverters and various accessories to the Congolese National Police. (PNC). The provincial governor, Theo Ngwabidje Kasi, received the equipment in the presence of the provincial police commander, General Jean-Bernard Bazenge. The equipment will be distributed to the police headquarters and to the various police…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Bintou Keita, assured on Tuesday 21 June 2022 that MONUSCO is withdrawing from Tanganyika province after having accomplished its mission. " Mission accomplished, certainly, insofar as we can responsibly leave and, knowing that there is a continuity of work by the provincial authority, there will be support from the national government. We are not leaving and giving up…
June 30, 2022 marks the end of MONUSCO's operations in Tanganyika Province. Although the Mission will maintain a presence in the north of the province, particularly in Nyunzu and Kalemie territories, where there are still pockets of insecurity, in the four territories where the security situation has clearly improved, it will hand over the baton to United Nations agencies, funds and programs. The latter will have to apply the Nexus approach…