Kisangani, 19 March 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in DRC, Mr. Roger Meece and the Congolese Minister for Defense and war veterans, Mr. Charles Mwando Nsimba visited Eastern DRC between 18 and 19 March to assess the security situation and see for themselves the military defense and public security systems in place. The chief of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) used the opportunity to inaugurate…
Ariwara, 14 March 2011 – For five days starting March 10, the Child Protection Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) held a workshop to inform both community leaders and students on the mandate of the Mission, as well as on the notions of Child Protection and Sexual Violence. All the participants hailed from Ariwara, a trading town in Aru territory, Ituri district on the border with Uganda. The participants expressed…
Mbandaka, 15 March 2011 – After more than a year of deadly armed conflict between the Enyele and the Monzaya, two communities in Dongo in the Kungu territory in Equateur province, the two communities have decided to make peace, thus turning a page on a bloody chapter in their common historical heritage. The reconciliation ceremony took place in Enyele village on 12 March, in the presence of the provincial Governor, and a delegation from the UN…
Bunia, 15 March 2011 – The Ituri branch of the National Press Union (UNPC), with the support of the regional office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), organized a two-day seminar on the treatment of information during elections. The training was informed by the forthcoming Presidential and General November elections. In the first part of the seminar, the Head of the local branch of the newly-formed National Independent…
Goma, 15 March 2011 – Fifty police officers who were being trained in Kapalata, Oriental province, were redeployed in North Kivu province following their return to Goma on 15 March. This last group concludes a one-year training programme initiated in the province by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The 50 officers are the third and last batch of 486 police elements from North Kivu to receive…
Kalehe, 15 March 2011 – Eleven soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)were convicted for crimes against humanity and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment, in addition to paying compensatory damages. The military judges handed down their decision on 9 March from a local court in the locality of Ihusi, in Kelehe territory, 75 km north of the provincial capital, Bukavu. Eight out of…
Kindu, 14 March 2011 - More than 90 cases of measles were recently diagnosed in three health centers in northern Maniema province. Three people are reported to have died from the epidemic. According to the Provincial Health Minister, the territories so far affected are Kabambare, Kasongo and Kibombo. Medical personnel from different organizations have been meeting to try and find ways to contain the disease. It has already reached alarming…
Kinshasa 15 March 2011 - It has been brought to the attention of the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (MONUSCO) that some individuals have been using the name of both the United Nations Security Council and MONUSCO to fraudulently obtain money from mining companies doing business in the Congo. In their bid to dupe their victims, the individuals have presented documents bearing fake…
Kinshasa 15 March 2011 - It has been brought to the attention of the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (MONUSCO) that some individuals have been using the name of both the United Nations Security Council and MONUSCO to fraudulently obtain money from mining companies doing business in the Congo. In their bid to dupe their victims, the individuals have presented documents bearing fake…
Kinshasa 15 March 2011 - It has been brought to the attention of the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (MONUSCO) that some individuals have been using the name of both the United Nations Security Council and MONUSCO to fraudulently obtain money from mining companies doing business in the Congo. In their bid to dupe their victims, the individuals have presented documents bearing fake…