Inmates in Uvira central prison, South Kivu province now have a new source of combustible energy: biogas. With MONUSCO funding, a pilot biogas project was inaugurated in this prison last May. On top of this project, the construction of a bakery, the implementation of a fish farm as well as the renovation of a facility for women. These projects were officially launched by the Deputy Special Representative, in charge of protection and operations…
With funding from MONUSCO to the tune of $132,000, one hundred and four solar panels have been installed in Bunia, Ituri, to fight criminality in this town where acts of burglary and other criminal acts are often reported, due to lack of public lighting. First on the Kopox-Grand Marché road section, in Lumumba district, in the municipality of Mbunya, where the first fifty-two solar panels were installed by a local company. Fifty-two other signs…
During a morning discussions organized in Kinshasa on June 8, 2021 at the Pullman hotel by the United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) and the Division of Strategic Communication and Public Information MONUSCO, national parliamentarians, in particular members of the Standing Committee on Human Rights, were urged to fight hate rhetorics. A gloomy diagnosis In his inaugural lecture, the director of UNJHRO, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, noted…
In response to the violence from armed groups in the Tchabi and Boga areas, roughly 120 km from Bunia, in Irumu territory, Ituri province, Khassim Diagne, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in DRC, in charge of operations and protection, announced Thursday, June 17, 2021 that the hunt down of ADF will take a new turn with the imminent arrival of additional forces to join MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB). “ As you…
During his second visit to Ituri, Wednesday June 16, 2021, almost four months after taking up office, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, in charge of operations and protection, Khassim Diagne, felt that the “all-military approach” should not be the only option for lasting peace in this region. The deputy head of MONUSCO has called for other approaches, community-based for example, to support military…
"United Nations peacekeeping operations help to maintain peace in some of the world's most dangerous places." In his broadcast on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Peacekeepers, UN Secretary General paid tribute to the women and men who have chosen to devote their lives to "protecting the vulnerable and helping to build peace”. Currently, there are 85,000 civilian, police and military personnel deployed in several…
While the Congolese Head of state, Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi, has declared a state of siege in the Ituri and North-Kivu provinces, MONUSCO remains prepared to back the security forces of the DRC, in accordance with its mandate as laid out in the UN Security Council Resolution 2556. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC, Bintou Keita, made this statement during her visit from May 10 to 14, 2021 in Goma, the…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) that occurred on 10 May 2021 near Beni (North Kivu), which resulted in the death of one Malawian peacekeeper. The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences to the family of the victim, the Malawian authorities and the United Nations. The members of…
“To heal the wounds for everyone and for all the communities in Ituri, it is of paramount importance that trust be established between all the actors involved in the fight against the enemies of peace. This statement was made by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bintou Keita, in Bunia, Ituri province, on Thursday. In a meeting with the Provincial Security Committee in Bunia, the Chief of…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, Ms. Bintou Keita, this Monday March 8, 2021, has called on the new Congolese Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, to take into account women’s representativeness in the formation of the future government. The ongoing discussions for the formation of a new government are a critical moment for the DRC to make further progress towards a better representation of women. The Chief…