The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their support to national and regional efforts to promote peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region, building on the commitments made by the countries of the region under the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region. They welcomed the Summit hosted by President Lourenço of Angola between President Tshisekedi of the DRC and…
During a ceremony held on 28 June 2022 at MONUSCO's "Incal" site in Kinshasa, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC for Protection and Operations, Khassim Diagne, officially handed over a batch of equipment to the Congolese government's Demobilisation, Disarmament, Community and Social Reintegration Programme (PDDRCS). The equipment includes six light vehicles, office furniture, audio-visual and sound recording…
The two main markets in the commune of Lubero and Mulo have been renovated with funding from MONUSCO. In this region, where local armed groups still pose a serious security threat, these trading places are a breath of fresh air for a population whose economic activity is severely affected by insecurity. The two projects have been funded to the tune of US$200,000. They were presented at the end of last week during the visit of the head of the…
" Mulekera is a hot commune". It is with these words that Ben Kawa starts out talking about his commune. He was born there. He grew up there. He lives there. " All the citizen movements started in Mulekera. All the big demonstrations in the city also start from there", explains the young man, shaved head, jovial face ever wearing an optimistic smile that hardly hides his hyperactivity. A journalist, Ben Kawa was, between 2019 and 2021, president…
June 30, 2022 marks the end of MONUSCO's operations in Tanganyika Province. Although the Mission will maintain a presence in the north of the province, particularly in Nyunzu and Kalemie territories, where there are still pockets of insecurity, in the four territories where the security situation has clearly improved, it will hand over the baton to United Nations agencies, funds and programs. The latter will have to apply the Nexus approach…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Bintou Keita, assured on Tuesday 21 June 2022 that MONUSCO is withdrawing from Tanganyika province after having accomplished its mission. " Mission accomplished, certainly, insofar as we can responsibly leave and, knowing that there is a continuity of work by the provincial authority, there will be support from the national government. We are not leaving and giving up…
MONUSCO through its head of office in Bukavu, on 16 June, handed over twenty-five (25) desktops, nine (09) laptops, 25 printers, 25 inverters and various accessories to the Congolese National Police. (PNC). The provincial governor, Theo Ngwabidje Kasi, received the equipment in the presence of the provincial police commander, General Jean-Bernard Bazenge. The equipment will be distributed to the police headquarters and to the various police…
The United Nations has long considered the creative imagination, ideals and energy of young people to be essential to the continued development of the peaceful societies in which they live. In that spirit, on May 10, 2022, the MONUSCO Goma Civil Affairs office, in conjunction with the World Bank, through the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development project, traveled to the town of Sake, 25 km northeast of Goma in North Kivu, to visit and…
" Sorry, hold on, it's just for a line change. Sorry for the interruption of your programme". This little message regularly broadcast on almost all the radio stations in Bunia in Ituri during the endless power failures is now history. At least for five community radio stations in the town that have just been provided with complete solar panel kits by MONUSCO. These are radio stations are the following: Radio Fides, Radio Merveille de Bunia (RMB)…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Nderitu, today expressed deep concern about the impact of the recent upsurge in hostilities between the M23 armed group and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on the local population in eastern DRC. The two senior officials called for an immediate end to all attacks on…