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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
Twelve MONUSCO military focal points trained in the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in Bunia
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The Training and Refresher Seminar for Military Focal Points of MONUSCO Force, which opened on Tuesday, October 29, ended last Wednesday. For two days, 12 military officers, including two women, revisited the United Nations Code of Conduct, and in particular the military…
Senegalese police officer serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo awarded 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year
Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year. Major Diouf currently leads a task force that helps to prevent and end sexual exploitation and abuse with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO)…
UN Police patrol team raise young people’s awareness about MONUSCO's mandate
As part of the protection of civilians, a joint patrol team consisting of MONUSCO Policewoman Officer, Moussa Adizatou and ten (10) members of the Formed Police Unit from Egypt, conducted an awareness-raising and information session on the Mission’s mandate and the role of uniformed personnel. Held…
"Populations’ collaboration is key to defeat Ebola," says Abdou Dieng
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The (new) United Nations Deputy Coordinator for Emergency Response to Ebola Virus Disease (EERC) has been in Bunia since Wednesday. Abdou Dieng came to get first-hand information about the situation on the ground as part of the fight against the Ebola epidemic in Ituri…
Radio Okapi installs a studio in Butembo
BUTEMBO, November 6 th, 2019: Radio Okapi officially opens its studio in Butembo, North Kivu province for the production and broadcasting of its programs locally. The installation of the studio and the recruitment of journalists and technicians were made possible with support from the Office of the…
MONUSCO HAS ORGANIZED TRAINERS’ TRAINING FOR DRC’S PRISON STAFF
Kinshasa 06 November 2019: MONUSCO Correctional Service Support Unit (UAAP) organized in Kinshasa from 5 to 6 November 2019, a trainers’ training workshop for prison staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Altogether, twenty-two (22) civilian and military personnel, including five women from the…
SUD-KIVU: UN team on Joint Assessment Mission to Minembwe
Uvira, 8 November 2019 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, led a joint mission to Minembwe on 7 November 2019. Besides MONUSCO representatives, members of the United Nations agencies: OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination…
United Nations officials welcome the signing of an Action Plan to fight sexual violence by the Congolese National Police
New York / Kinshasa, 11 November 2019 - Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic…
RDC: François Grignon stresses the importance of setting up a mechanism for sustainable protection of civilian populations
The Acting Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Protection and Operations, François Grignon, interacted with the media on Wednesday, 13 November around the UN Mission’s activities and the progress made in the implementation of its mandate in partnership with the…
Sud-Kivu: Local ethnic communities condemn Violence in Fizi and Uvira territories
Uvira, November 15, 20189. - Under the facilitation of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the NGO known as Alert International, ethnic communities in Uvira took part in a meeting held in the same territory on November 14. Participants…
General Thierry Lion in Beni: '' We are amidst sovereign and unilateral operations, prepared by the FARDC '' (Interview)
MONUSCO Force acting Commander, General Thierry Lion, gave an interview to Radio Okapi on 18 November, in which he clarified the role played by MONUSCO in the ongoing operations conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against the ADF in Beni. He says in accordance…
North Kivu: MONUSCO builds capacities for Provincial Members of Parliaments on parliaments’ procedures and practices
Forty-eight provincial MPs and sixteen political and administrative staff members from the North-Kivu Provincial Assembly are receiving 2-day training, from 20 to 21 November in Goma as part of retraining and induction seminar on parliamentary procedures and practices. Of the 48 members of the North…