The effervescent or rather fizzy and adventurous activities as planned by the RSA Battalion Gender Officer Gift Molepo and Chaplain Dorah Mphahlele for the 9th August National Women's Day celebrations were held at the Kilimanjaro Resort, Tanzanian Base in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The day was filled with Poems, Songs, dances, body building show and related speeches. The FIB women came from 7 South African battalion((SAI), Tanzania and…
Kamako, 29 Jul-18: MONUSCO Rapid Reaction Force in Kamako assisted 2 injured passengers in a plane crash that took place in Kamako on 27 July 2018. On that day, a commercial Antonov plane operating for Kasaï Airline crashed at about 20 kms away from Kamako, at around 12 hours; 5 people were killed and 2 injured. The two injured passengers were taken to Kamako health center for joint medical treatment with the assistance of nurses from MONUSCO…
« For a lady whom I met for the first time in her office at RSCE in Entebbe (Uganda), Susan Kaitesi Kamali left an excellent impression on me. Very attentive to our concerns, very helpful in assisting us through the administrative maze, she guided us – I would say-‐ by the hand, to complete the formalities associated with the dispatch of our ECHOS DE LA MONUSCO magazine to different destinations in the DRC, beginning by giving us a detailed…
Kananga, 20 July 2018 - MONUSCO/Kananga correction unit conducted riot, hostage-taking and evacuation simulation exercise at Kananga central prison. The whole central prison staff (security, intervention and training) in Kananga prison participated in the exercise aimed at enhancing their professional capacities as part of the implementation of the contingency plan that was validated on 8 June by the provincial authority in charge of the…
Kananga, 2 Juil 2018 - The commitment was made through their Representative Régine Mbombo, coordinator of the Educated Women and Girls’ League for Development (LIFID), at the end of a two-day workshop organized by MONUSCO Political Affairs Division. Altogether, 30 female and 8 male leaders attended the two-day workshop held on 26 - 27 June 2018 at MONUSCO facility in Kananga. Discussions revolved around the UNSC Resolution 2409 and the electoral…
46 journalists from the print media and those of the audiovisual and on-line outlets from the territories of Fizi, Walungu and Uvira in the South-Kivu province including 11 women as well as media professionals from FARDC and PNC media professionals attended two-day discussions about media coverage and journalists’ protection during the electoral process, held in Uvira on 21 - 22 June. The workshop was organized by media synergy in Uvira and Fizi…
Bienvenu BAGALWA is Congolese from the DRC, his beloved country where he was born in Watsa territory, Haut-‐Uele province. He is currently based in Kinshasa where he has been working as Human Resources Assistant for nearly three years within the Posts Managing Unit, a job which involves assisting the staff in careers management and providing administrative support. This is what Bagalwa told us about his job: “ My work consists in handling local…
Situated in the city-center, Uvira does not have appropriate security infrastructures and its prison is overpopulated which makes it difficult to cope with a fire that might be reported in the prison premises and prevent disastrous consequences on the surrounding area. So, MONUSCO, whose primary task is to protect civilian population is working with local authorities on preventive measures. Organized by the section tasked to assist the prison…
Bunia, 25 June 2018 – MONUSCO Force Commander, Lieutenant-General E. R. Martins Filho presided over UN Award Ceremony in honor of Nepalese peacekeepers of the 21st engineering company at the end of their mission In Ituri. Addressing the audience, Lieutenant-General Filho explained “Today’s ceremony is aimed to honor the peacekeepers who serve with dedication and professionalism in hostile environments in a bid to restore peace and to alleviate…
Lubumbashi, 22 June 2018 – Holding peaceful elections in Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba provinces is the major issue debated by political and administrative authorities as well as political and civil society actors including the media in most of the awareness-raising sessions organized by MONUSCO. In this context, MONUSCO/Lubumbashi held on 21 June, an awareness-raising workshop on the possibility of holding peaceful elections in the three…