Operation ETAFUTI YA TAI (EAGLE SEARCH) Launched by GUASFOR. In DUNGU area a joint Operation named EAGLE SEARCH started on 27 Jun 2011 combining with the troops of GUASFOR and FARDC, where the MILOB also took part. The aim of this operation was to carry out aerial reconnaissance and ground orientation in the area after the rotation of GUASFOR. At the first stage the operation started with aerial reconnaissance which was accomplished successfully…
Goma, 31 July 2011 – The Rwandan authorities have handed over six gorillas from the Congolese plains that were seized from poachers between 2003 and 2007 to the Congolese government. The handover was made at the Rwanda/ Democratic Republic of Congo border between the towns of Gisenyi and Goma. The handover of the primates was made possible by a close collaboration among Rwanda, Uganda, DRC, Dian Fossey International Fund, Mountain Gorilla…
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…