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MONUSCO organizes a weekly press conference every Wednesday that serves as a communication space for the Mission and all UN agencies in DR Congo. The press conference is broadcast live on Radio Okapi and on MONUSCO's web platforms.
contacts :
Spokesman:
Ndeye Khady Lo - Tel: +243 997068227
Media Relations:
Adele Lukoki - Tel: +243 81 89 077 06
The Apostolic Nuncio visits North Kivu
The Apostolic Nuncio His Eminence Luis Mariano Montemayor arrived in Goma on Wednesday 17 February 2016, accompanied by the Special Representative to the Secretary General in the DRC Maman Sidikou, for a 4 day visit which will also take him to the region Kitchanga where they will visit amongst…
DR Congo: Investigation into misconduct opened
Kinshasa, April 1st, 2016 - The United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) today announced that it has received allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by members of the Tanzanian contingent of the Mission’s Force Intervention Brigade in…
MONUSCO and the United Nations joint human rights office strongly condemn the summary execution of a human rights defender
Kinshasa 21 March - On 17 March 2016, a human rights defender, coordinator of the NGO Organisation populaire pour la paix (OPP), was reportedly killed by armed men in Kavumu, Kabaré territory, South Kivu province. He was at home with his wife and children when the alleged perpetrators irrupted in…
- Gender
International Women’s Day: The United Nations support the Democratic Republic of Congo in its efforts to achieve equality between women and men
Kinshasa, 8 March 2016 – On the occasion of International Women’s Day celebrated on 08 March 2016 under the theme : « Planet 50-50 by 2030 : Step It Up for Gender Equality », Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, reaffirms MONUSCO’s…
World Radio Day: MONUSCO recalls radio unique role in times of emergency and disaster
Kinshasa, 13 February 2016 – The fifth world radio day will be celebrated on 13 February 2016. The objective of this day is to promote and foster international cooperation among broadcasters, to encourage decision makers to provide access to information through radio, including community radios and…
International Red Hand Day : MONUSCO committed to ending the recruitment of child soldiers into armed groups
Kinshasa, 12 February 2016 - Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, points out that the objective of the celebration of this day is to raise public awareness on the suffering faced by child soldiers around the world and in the Democratic…
CHAN 2016 : MONUSCO congratulates the DRC’s football team “Les Leopards” on winning the African Nations Championship (CHAN 2016)
Kinshasa, 7 February 2016 – All MONUSCO staff and the chief of MONUSCO Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC congratulates “Les Leopards,” the Congolese National team, on their wonderful victory on Sunday 7 February 2016, during the African…
Uruguayan Vice-President visits Uruguayan contingent in the city of Goma
Goma, Wednesday 16 March 2016 – Uruguayan Vice-President, Mr. Raul FERNANDO arrived in Goma and was met at the airport by MONUSCO acting chief of office, Josiah Obat, the North-Kivu Vice-Governor, Mr. Feller LUTAICHIRWA, accompanied by government officials and civil society members. The purpose of…
MONUSCO provides peace journalism training to local media professionals in Beni
Newspaper and broadcast media directors in Beni attended a training workshop on peace journalism organized by the MONUSCO Public Information Division on 11-12 March 2015. The workshop sought to provide participants with an understanding of how media professionals can help restore peace in a region…
MONUSCO Director of Public Information Office meets with journalists in Kisangani
Kisangani, 10 March 2016 – the Director of MONUSCO Public Information, Mr. Charles Antoine Bambara held a meeting with roughly forty journalists in the city of Kisangani on Thursday 10 March 2016. Right from the beginning, Mr. Charles Bambara said relationship between the Congolese government and…
- Human Rights
MONUSCO sensitizes the FARDC against the recruitment of children into armed groups
Kalemie, 10 March 2016 - MONUSCO-Kalemie office held early this week an awareness session at the naval base of the 22nd FARDC group of Kalemie. This awareness session, which was conducted by the Child Protection section, brought together 173 military personnel, 3 of them women, of various ranks…
- Human Rights
Prosecution for international crimes at the center of discussions in a meeting held in Kisangani
Kisangani, 8 March 2016: Magistrates of civil and military jurisdictions in the South Kivu and Ituri are currently participating in a two-day workshop in Kisangani, Tshopo province organized by UNDP under the theme ”Mapping technics and drafting of a strategy on the prosecution of international…