Kisangani, 27 November 2015 – With logistic and technical supports from MONUSCO Justice Correction unit, the high courts of Kisangani and Yangambi, Tshopo province organized mobile courts hearings, starting 19 November 2015 in the prison court of Kisangani. The mobile court hearings would help to markedly reduce the prison population in Kisangani, built to accommodate six hundreds inmates only; unfortunately this number is now exceeded; it is…
Maman S. Sidikou, Head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns the ADF attacks against civilians, FARDC and MONUSCO bases in Makembi and Eringeti Kinshasa, 30 November 2015 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Democratic republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of MONUSCO, Mr. Maman S. Sidikou has stated that the United Nations “strongly condemns the cowardly, systematic and criminal attacks perpetrated by the Allied…
Beni, 26 November 2015: French Ambassador to the DRC, Alain Remy, paid a working visit to Beni/ North-Kivu province, on 26 November 2015, to enquire about the security situation in that area. Upon his arrival in Beni, Alain Remy respectively met with MONUSCO and local government officials. “ I heard lot of talks in Kinshasa about the security issue and I was keen to meet with Beni and MONUSCO senior officials, to have first-hand information in…
Dungu, 25 November 2015: the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) through its Human Rights Section and partners officially launched on Tuesday 25 November 2015, a 16-day activism against violence to women; in attendance, the representative of the Territorial Administrator; the chief of MONUSCO/Dungu office, Leonidas Nkingiye and several civilian and military staff. The Representative of…
Uvira, 26 November 2015 – This 2nd training and refresher course for the Congolese National Police Force, PNC in the French acronym held in the territory of Uvira, South-Kivu province, started on Monday 23 November 2015; it was initiated and organized by the United Nations Civil Police “MONUSCO-Uvira”; it was focused on how best to secure the electoral process. The opening ceremony was chaired by the Uvira territorial Administrator; like the…
Bunia, 07 November 2015 – Some 120 invited people attended the celebration marking 15 years since the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in situations of armed conflict. The celebration was an opportunity to take stock of the actions undertaken by - and to initiate a dialogue between – representatives of Ituri women’s associations and civilian and military authorities in favor of the promotion of…
In Kalemie, Tanganyika province, MONUSCO held, from 14 October to 14 November, a training session for 37 PNC officers on “communication; the trainer and the adult trainee; pedagogical methods and means; and the organization and facilitation of a training activity.” This training, delivered as a quick-impact project worth US$ 52,518, was part of activities of the Mpyana island of stability in Manono territory. The objective was to enable the new…
Kinshasa, 18 November 2015 – The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC and Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, arrived in Kinshasa on Monday 16 November 2015. Mr. Sidikou of Niger, replaces the outing Head of the UN Mission in the DRC, Martin Kobler of Germany, whose mandate ended on 31 st October 2015. From the N’djili international airport, Maman S. Sidikou arrived at the MONUSCO headquarters, where he was welcomed…
Goma, 13 November 2015 – This sentiment was expressed by MONUSCO Force Commander on the eve of his departure from the DRC and Goma, where he established the Force headquarters upon arriving in June 2013; attributing over thirty per cent of his citizenship to Brazil, his home land and the remaining thirty percent to Haiti, where he had served as commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), from January 2007 to April…