Kisangani, 16 February 2012 – A ceremony for the official hand over of the rehabilitated buildings of Lukusa training camp took place on Wednesday 15 February in Kisangani, capital of Province Orientale. The ceremony was held in the presence of leading civilian and military figures, including Admiral Damas Kabulo, Secretary General of the Congolese Ministry of Defence and War Veterans. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
Kananga, 18 February 2012 – On Wednesday 15 February 2012 in Kananga, the United Nations inter-agency provincial committee, in the province of Kasai Occidental, presented the final report of the joint mission conducted in Lubunga on 13 January 2012 on the assessment of the post-conflict humanitarian situation between two communities in the territory of Dimbelenge. The committee was assisted by provincial government officials and the civil society…
Mbuji-Mayi, 14 February 2012 – The Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized on 8 February 2012 a day to sensitize the students of the Advanced Institute of Medical Techniques of Mbuji-Mayi (Institut supérieur des Techniques médicales -- ISTM) on HIV-AIDS contamination. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Programme national multisectoriel de Lutte contre le…
Bukavu, 10 February 2012 – Through its Bukavu office, in Sud Kivu province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized from 7 to 11 February 2012, a sensitization campaign for officers of the Congolese Army (Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo - FARDC). This activity is part of the support that MONUSCO has been providing to this institution. The selected…
Bukavu, 16 February 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese Armed forces (Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo - FARDC) launched on 15 February 2012 a military operation called "Amani Kamilifu" (strengthening peace) against rebel elements of the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in the territories of Shabunda, Mwenga, Kalehe…
Matadi, 14 February 2012 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) organized a workshop in the port city of Matadi on 14 February on the issue of reparation for victims within the framework of transitional justice. The workshop was attended by 17 participants, namely from the civil society, and also among human rights focal points and lawyers of the province. The objective set by the organizers was threefold: to identify ways and…
Uvira, 16 February 2012 – A delegation led by the officer-in-charge of Civil Affairs in the Uvira Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Sud Kivu province, handed over, on 9 February, a batch of computer equipment and a number of office supplies to the civil society coordination of Fizi territory. According to Armand Forster, the officer-in-charge of Civil Affairs Office…
Mbandaka, 16 February 2012 – Between 15 and 21 February 2012, Radio Okapi of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and its partner, the NGO Fondation Hirondelle organized a workshop for community radio journalists in Equateur province. The aim was to build the capacities of journalists and at the same time establish a partnership with them. This mutually beneficial partnership will on one hand…
Matadi, 13 February 2012 – Seventeen villages around the port city of Matadi, Bas-Congo province, are now opened up thanks to an access road that will allow the rural population of this community to establish mutually beneficial links between the region and the neighbouring areas. The road was inaugurated on 13 February 2012 in Tshimpi, one of the 17 villages, in the presence of the local administrative and traditional authorities, as well as…
Mbuji Mayi, 9 February 2012 - The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Kasaï Oriental organized on 7 February 2012, a day of reflection on the role of social media in the promotion of human rights. The participants, 34 in total, were selected among media professionals and human rights defenders, as well as some provincial authorities, including the Provincial Minister of Communication and Media. This day of reflection is part of…