" Ballistics and managing gun-impacted crime scenes" is the theme of a 5-day training provided by MONUSCO since Tuesday, October 22 nd , 2019 by MONUSCO Police (UNPOL) for officers of the Technical and Scientific Police Division (DPTS) of the Congolese National Police (PNC) in Kinshasa. The training will be given by experts from the Serious and Organized Crime Support Unit (SOCSU) of the Police Component of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of David McLachlan-Karr of Australia as his Deputy Special
The report, “ Our Strength Is In Our Youth: Child Recruitment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2014-2017”, is the product of staff of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), most particularly the Child Protection Section. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its Secretary-General…
Kalemie, le 25 September 2019 - MONUSCO, through Public Information section organized on 25 September 2019, a debate around the theme "Climate change, environmental consequences and populations’ living conditions in Tanganyika province". The activity is part of the commemoration of the International Day of Peace, celebrated on 21 September under the theme: " Climate Action, Action for Peace". Nearly 80 people including 20 women took part in the…
On 19 September, MONUSCO security assessment Mission visited Samboko-Chani-chani, an armed groups-invaded district, located roughly 60 km north-west of Beni, along the Beni-Eringeti road section, in North Kivu. The delegation was comprised of representatives from different MONUSCO civilian sections as well as members of MONUSCO Police (UNPOL), Congolese army (FARDC) and the Deputy-Administrator of the Beni territory. The delegation got to Samboko…
The MONUSCO Corrections Unit and the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) have enabled 350 prisoners and detainees at Mulunge Central Prison in Uvira to exercise “their right to access health care ". It is thanks to the advocacy conducted by MONUSCO that “Aide Médicale Congo (AMC), a Congolese national NGO, has provided medical consultations and treatment for these inmates. This activity took place from 02 to 04 September 2019 in the…
A new four-day general intelligence training session opened on Monday 09 September 2019 at the Mining and Hydrocarbons Police Station in Goma, North Kivu. This training, initiated by the Serious and Organized Crime Support Unit (SOCSU), involves 23 participants (officers and non-officers) of the Congolese National Police (PNC). This training is undertaken in the context of capacity-building for the PNC, said the representative of the MONUSCO…
A dozen elements of the Senegalese Formed Police Unit (SENFPU2) were on a joint daytime patrol on Sunday, September 8, 2019, across the municipalities of Gombe, Kintambo, Kasa-Vubu, Lingwala, Limete, Barumbu along some of the city’s arteries and avenues. On this occasion, the MONUSCO police interacted with young people from the "Monitoring Committee for the actions of the Head of State" gathering in “Place des evolués”, in Gombe, as part of an…
Thirty-seven (37) prison staff members, including 17 women, of the Central Prison of Kananga on Monday, September 9, 2019, received training on maintaining order in the prison environment. The training course, which lasted 21 days, was financially supported by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The Kananga Central Prison managers said this…
Visiting Goma, North Kivu, this Sunday, September 1, 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres had an exchange with National Assembly members of the Nord Kivu Caucus on security issues and the eradication of the Ebola virus disease in the province. For more than thirty minutes, the 12 members of the North Kivu Caucus spoke with the UN chief on the phenomenon linked to the ADF armed group and its attendant train of miseries. They particularly…