Kinshasa, 6 February 2014 – As part of its mandate to ensure the promotion of United Nations ideals, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has teamed up with the Christian and Islamic Laymen of Congo Committee (known by its French acronym COLCIC) to co-organize an awareness campaign for the promotion of peace. Launched in April 2013, the campaign ends during the first week of February…
Bunia, 6 February 2014 – The Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) made a day-working visit to Bunia, the district of Ituri, in the D. R. Congo’s Eastern province on 5 February 2014, where he held talks with the provincial commander of the National Armed Forces (FARDC). The meeting between General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz and General Fal Sikabwe fits into the…
Kinshasa, 05 February 2014: “One MONUSCO national staff was shot dead this morning while going to work. On behalf of the entire Mission I strongly condemn this killing”, said Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary General in DRC, and Head of MONUSCO. Martin Kobler added:” I urge the authorities to immediately launch an inquiry and arrest the perpetrators of this horrible act; the persons involved should be brought to justice as…
Kinshasa, 03 February 2014: Early this morning, demonstrators in Bunia stoned several UN cars. Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, said “This kind of assault on civilians and on our staff is not acceptable, whatever the reason”. During the incidents a peacekeeper lost control of his car and received serious head injuries. Four local civilians were injured as well. The local PNC quickly intervened and are controlling the situation on the ground in…
Kinshasa, 15 January 2014 – It is 17:15 this Wednesday in Kinshasa, when the new chief of the Police component of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Pascal Champion, a general of the French Gendarmerie, lands on Congolese soil. He is welcomed at the foot of the aircraft by his deputy, Colonel Tabasky Diouf, who for this occasion was accompanied by the Chief of Staff, Guestar Esther…
On 18 December 2013, the Catholic University of Congo (UCC) organized a conference on the lessons learned from the management of MONUSCO-CPAD Quick Impact Project (QIP) during which 50 women were trained in IT, Marketing and English. It was held in Kinshasa from May to September 2013. The event also gathered roughly 100 students, members of project management, entrepreneurship, and finance sections. In his opening remark, Mr. Jean-Pierre Mbwebwa…
Kinshasa, 29 January 2014: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, is extremely concerned by the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) there are now 400,000 displaced people in the province, a dramatic increase in the last two years. Most affected is the area between Manono, Mitwaba and Pweto where more…
The Head of MONUSCO Martin Kobler today expressed “his deep sadness by the loss of lives caused by an explosion at an ammunition depot in a military barrack in Mbuji-Mayi on Friday 24 thJanuary”. Over twenty people died, more than 50 injured and many houses destroyed by the blast, causing desolation in the city. ” I present my condolences to the families who lost their loved ones” said Martin Kobler. Kobler added”I have instructed our office in…
Kinshasa, 14 January 2014: The Head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, strongly condemned the attack carried by Mayi Mayi Cheka against Pinga, 80 kilometers northeast of Walikale, North Kivu province, on the evening of Monday, 13 January. The FARDC retaliated and chased the armed group from the village after a 30 minutes gunfight. According to the latest MONUSCO figures, four government soldiers were killed and three civilians injured during the…