To reduce communal violence in that part of the country, a dairy cooperative set up with support from MONUSCO DDRRR community project employs roughly fifty demobilized young people at risk as well as vulnerable women and girls in Bwegera. This MONUSCO-backed dairy cooperative project, which has been operational for a month in Bwegera, the territory of Uvira, helped to pull out ex-combatants from armed groups and to recover some sixty weapons, at…
Under MONUSCO’s facilitation, in collaboration with the territorial administrator of Irumu, the communities of Bira in Irumu-centre and Hema in Kangakolo of the territory of Irumu in Ituri have pledged to put an end to their conflicts and communal violence having plagued these entities for over six months. They made this commitment at the end of the two-day consultations and structured dialogue between the two communities which were held in Irumu…
“ On behalf of the prison administration, I express gratitude to MONUSCO. They have given us a signpost today, in which are indicated the visiting hours. They also donated a new computer which will make it easier for us to register the detainees and handle the various mails. We are grateful indeed for all that”, said Jean-Bosco Kakule, assistant to the director of the central prison in Butembo (Kakwangura prison). He made the statement during the…
Following an alert from the local population received on Friday February 4, 2022, at around 10:30 p.m., MONUSCO peacekeepers from Bangladesh based in Amee, 120 km from Bunia, intervened to thwart an attack that was being prepared by militiamen from the armed group Codero against civilians in the village of Schubert, located 3 km from Amee in the territory of Djugu. Upon arriving in that village, the blue helmets immediately dominated and secured…
For security reasons, we refer to him as L. He is one of the 19 displaced persons who were seriously injured in the deadly attack on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 by assailants at Plaine Savo camp, in Djugu territory. He received humanitarian assistance from MONUSCO, which first transported the injured by road from Bule to Bayoo, roughly 90 km from Bunia; then by helicopter from Bayoo to Bunia where they arrived late Wednesday afternoon. Taken care…
Construction work of a market in Mulo was launched on Thursday, January 27. This is one of the districts of the rural municipality of Lubero in the territory with the same name. The ceremony took place in the presence of the mayor of the municipality, Joseph Bwalikusha; MONUSCO representative, Alain Muongu, many churches, and community leaders as well as members of the local population. This project – This MONUSCO-funded project to the tune of $…
As part of the partnership between MONUSCO and its various partners, the commander of MONUSCO Bangladeshi contingent in Ituri met a delegation from the Youth Parliament of Bunia last Friday, January 28 at the military camp of the UN Mission in Ndoromo. This meeting, which is part of the regular consultations between this youth structure and MONUSCO blue helmets, revolved around two items: the security situation in the province and youth…
As part of its support for improving the security situation and protecting civilians, MONUSCO is continuing its operation to secure convoys of public transport vehicles and goods in Ituri, more particularly in the territory of Irumu where ADF rebels frequently set ambushes to the users of the national road 4 between Bunia and Luna, on the border with the neighboring North Kivu, and where roughly thirty civilian vehicles were set on fire in 2021…
January 28, 2022: It is the date chosen by MONUSCO to definitively close its military base in Gina, roughly forty kilometers from Bunia in the territory of Djugu, plagued by armed groups’ activism. Established on October 23, 2021, the main objective of this temporary base was to secure the rehabilitation work on the 45-km long road section between Fataki and Gina by the UN Mission’s Nepalese engineering company along the national road 27. Due to…
On the occasion of the World Children's Day celebrated on November 20 of each year, MONUSCO Prison Administration Support Unit issued end-of-training certificates to future computer trainers of the inmates detained at Makala central prison. Those children will start learning how to use a computer despite while in detention. This highlights the concern to guarantee one of the fundamental rights of the children, which is the right to education. As…