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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
Central Kasai province determined to set up a provincial Truth, Reconciliation and Justice commission
Kananga, February 5, 2020 - The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and the Provincial Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in Kasaï Central have submitted the report of popular consultations on the needs for justice, reparations and new conflicts prevention in the Kasaï Central…
BUNIA: MONUSCO contingents deliver vocational training to empower local youths
Bunia, 10 February 2020- A four-week basic computer training session for Ituri’s youths organized by the MONUSCO Bangladeshi contingent, in coordination with the local government took place this month. A graduation ceremony was held at the Professional Center of Bunia, during which a delegation from…
Goma: Lac Vert’s residents request MONUSCO to increase security patrols in the area
A part of its mandate of protection of civilians, a team from the MONUSCO Force Indian Battalion, including members of the battalion’s Female Engagement Team (FET), met on 6 February with residents of Lac Vert, a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Goma, North Kivu province. The residents…
North Kivu: FARDC and MONUSCO repel ADF attack in Mbau
The populations of the district of Mbau, in the territory of Beni, resumed their daily activities this Wednesday, February 12, reassured by a strong presence of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Force of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic…
MONUSCO rehabilitates major road in Beni to facilitate troops’ and local populations’ mobility.
As part of its mandate, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) often carries out road rehabilitation works in its area of responsibility not only to facilitate troops’ movement, but also to allow civilians to access their…
DRC: Congolese government and FRPI armed group have signed a peace agreement, much to the relief of the local population
The Congolese Government signed on Friday, February 28 in Gety, roughly 60 km from Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, a peace agreement with the ‘’Force de Resistance Patriotique de l’Ituri’’ (Patriotic Resistance Force of Ituri (FRPI), the last largest armed group operating in this eastern…
DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.
In the Ruzizi plain, South Kivu province, a hundred women and young people have benefited, for two and a half years, from a project intended to restore social cohesion between communities in conflict and local authorities, through a pro-peaceful solutions mechanism implemented in a concerted and…
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Major Jarin Sultana: " I am proud to have served under the UN flag in the DR Congo"
After 12 months of good and loyal services in the cause of peace and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Major Jarin Sultana from the Bangladeshi peacekeepers’ contingent serving within MONUSCO, has left the host country, on the symbolic date of March 8, which marks the celebration of the…
My 8 favourite things about being a peacekeeper
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, Major Samia Rehman from Pakistan shares her 8 favourite things about working as a UN peacekeeper. She serves as an operational planning officer with the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) . Serving under the Blue Helmet…
DRC: Hope for peace revived after the agreement reached with armed group in Ituri
On February 28, following the tough MONUSCO-facilitated negotiations, DRC Government and the former armed group Force known as ‘’Resistance Patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI)’’ have signed a peace deal ending decades of armed conflicts in the community of Walendu-Bindi, Ituri. Ever since, fear has given…
UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians
A series of human rights training courses have been organized since last February by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Beni, north-Kivu province. The trainings are mainly intended for troops engaged in military…
RDC: MONUSCO explains its policy against sexual exploitation and abuse to civil society organizations in Kananga
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized an awareness-raising session on March 12 to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel. Altogether thirty-three (33) attendees, including 13 women from civil society…