Kiwandja, 28 July 2011 – As a farewell gift to the people of Rutshuru territory in North-Kivu Province, the Indian infantry battalion based in Kiwandja, some 70 kilometers north of Goma, offered a school block to the deaf and dumb that will serve 250 pupils. The school was, through personal contributions, financed and constructed by the Indian battalion that will soon be departing the Democratic Republic of Congo after serving their term as…
Matadi, 27 July 2011 – An accelerated basic training programme for 279 Congolese National Police (PNC) officers kicked off on 27 July 2011, at the instruction centre of Nvula Matadi. The trainees including 28 female officers will follow training courses focusing on proximity policing. The opening ceremony for this training programme took place at the Nvula Matadi instruction centre, which is located about 37 kilometers from the Matadi, the…
Bunia, 27 July 2011 - the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in DRC, Roger Meece preided a medal award ceremony during which 1842 Bangladeshi peacekeepers based in Ituri, Eastern province were awarded medals in recognition for their outstanding services under the UN flag. In his speech, the Chief of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) paid tribute to the Bangladeshi peacekeepers as well as the Congolese…
Bukavu, 29 July 2011 - From 27 to 28 July 2011, MONUSCO Office for Demobilization, Disarmament, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration (DDRRR) of MONUSCO in the Sud-Kivu province organized a brainstorming workshop on the issues of foreign and local armed groups active in eastern DRC for its partners in Bukavu. Participants discussed the strategies and challenges faced while accomplishing their work. The workshop started with a brief…
Bunia, 23 July 2011 - SRSG Mr. Roger Meece with a high-level delegation composed of MONUSCO-DRC Government officials including the Special Security Advisor to the DRC Head of State, Mr. Pierre Lumbi arrived in Bunia, district of Ituri on a working visit. The purpose of the trip was to assess the security situation there and at the same time reassure the population. During their visit, the delegation held a number of meetings with members of the…
Goma, 28 July 2011 - The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Section of MONUSCO in collaboration with Internews Network based in Rwanda has launched on July 22, 2011a two-month video sensitization campaign across strategic locations in eastern DR Congo targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, the FDLR. The objective of this initiative is to reduce to the minimum the number of…
Goma, 18 July 2011 – As elements of the Indian battalion's 18th Madras Group prepare to go home after their one-year tour of duty with the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), they will be leaving behind a legacy of both peacebuilding and charitable work. During their deployment in Nord-Kivu Province, they helped train 120 young Congolese men and women as auto mechanics. Upon arriving in Nord-Kivu a…
Libenge, 20 July 2011 – Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, Fidele Saraasoro, was part of a 20-member delegation, comprising representatives from the DR Congo government and the United Nations which arrived in the town of Gemena, Sud-Ubangui District, Equateur Province to assess the humanitarian and security situation in the region. Between 2009 and 2010, the district of Sud-Ubangi was the scene…
This report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) addresses the human rights violations committed against civilians in the villages of Bushani and Kalambahiro in Masisi territory, North Kivu, on 31 December 2010 and 1 January 2011. On the basis of the investigations undertaken into these violations, the UNJHRO is able to confirm that men in uniform identified by various sources as soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic…
Bukavu, 11 July 2011 – A ceremony marking the conclusion of the training in community policing for the first batch of Congolese National Police (PNC) in the Sud-Kivu province was held in Bukavu on 9 July. The training was held from 13 June to 9 July 2011 and was organized for a dozen officers and non-commissioned officers by the United Nations Police (UNPOL) and funded by the British Cooperation. Following the ceremony, this first group of…