Goma, 25 January, 2017 –In the fight against HIV and AIDS, finding effective ways to create awareness through education and information that could motivate people to know their HIV status through Voluntary Confidential Counselling and Testing (VCCT) is an on-going challenge. However, the HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO has been focusing attention on Peer Education as one of the ways to engage more people in HIV prevention. This innovative programme…
En 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté au moins 5.190 violations des droits de l’homme sur l’étendue du territoire de la RDC. Cela représente une augmentation très significative de près de 30% par rapport au nombre de violations enregistrées durant l’année 2015 (4.004 violations). Cette augmentation s’explique en particulier par le fait que 2016 a été caractérisée par un grand nombre de violations liées à la restriction de l’espace démocratique…
Goma, 17 January, 2017 – In the fight against HIV and AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), MONUSCO has been supporting national institutions as well as the initiatives of the United Nations system in its efforts to response to issues of HIV through the innovative programme of activities of its HIV/AIDS Section. This also includes the effort to overcome stigma and discrimination related to AIDS as well as capacity-building of people…
A meeting in which an ambitious inter-provincial project was revealed took place Wednesday 18 January 2017 at MONUSCO headquarters in Uvira. It was attended by national, provincial, and local authorities who strongly felt the need for an inter-community dialogue. Uvira, 18 January 2017 – Insecurity in the South-Kivu, more particularly in the Territories of Fizi and Uvira is not only caused by the Maï Maï armed groups but also an alarming and…
Kinshasa, 16 January 2017 - The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Congo (MONUSCO), Maman Sidikou, kick-started a series of joint consultations in Goma and Kinshasa, DRC, on 12 January 2017, to address the presence of elements of the Sudan…
11 January 2017 – Addressing the Security Council, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations today urged the international community to push for a swift endorsement of the so-called 31 December political accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to put in place a transitional government of national unity. “The signing of the 31 December accord gives hope for a peaceful resolution of the political impasse,” the Under…
Kinshasa, 1st January 2017 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in DRC applauds the 31st December 2016 agreement signed at «Centre Interdiocésain de Kinshasa » by DRC’s signatories of the 18th October 2016 agreement and the Opposition platform that did not attend that forum. Mr. Sidikou congratulates the “Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo (CENCO)”, the entire political leadership, the civil society…
North Kivu Head of Office Daniel Ruiz, and NKB Commander Brig Gen Hari B Pilla, have held a special Briefing with Journalists of North Kivu on 30 December 2016 in efforts to protect Civilians in North Kivu Speaking to the Journalists the Briefing the head of Office said he thought it wise with the prevailing security situation in the North Kivu Province for military to brief/update the press on the activities of the North Kivu Brigade and FARDC…
Kinshasa, 20 December 2016 – Maman S. Sidikou, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of MONUSCO, expressed his grave concern over the wave of ongoing arrests, some of which are arbitrary, and detentions in the last three days across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since 16 December, the United Nations has documented 113 arrests in the country, including opposition leaders and sympathizers, civil society…
On the occasion of the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Radio Okapi (UN Radio in DR Congo), the MONUSCO Public Information Division produced a slide how featuring photographs illustrating the history and work of Radio Okapi in the service of peace in the DR Congo. In addition, a photo exhibition is taking place from 13 to 16 December 2016, from 9 am to 5 pm at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Kinshasa.