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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
Attack on Civilian Convoy in Fataki Foiled by MONUSCO and FARDC
With the support of the Congolese National Police (PNC) and Uruguayan peacekeepers of MONUSCO, the Congolese army (FARDC), foiled Friday 10 July 2020 an attack by Codeco militiamen against a large convoy of civilian vehicles at Jitso, a village located 15 kilometers from the Fataki shopping center…
Civilians’ Protection: The Civil Society in Mamove Applauds Continuous Efforts by MONUSCO and FARDC
MONUSCO Civil Affairs delegation, led by its Deputy Coordinator, Merault Ahouangansi, visited Mamove, 57 km north of Beni, in North Kivu province, on July 9 where in collaboration with local authorities, a workshop was organized to strengthen the capacities of the key local protection actors. At…
South-Kivu province : MONUSCO Has Provided the Provincial Government with Equipment to Fight COVID-19
To back the provincial government’s efforts to fitht the coronavirus disease, MONUSCO donated equipment and materials to the South-Kivu provincial government on July 17, 2020. The donated equipment and materials were received by Governor Théo Ngwabidje. The donation ceremony was organized in Bukavu…
North Kivu : MONUSCO engages in a vegetable growing project in favor of vulnerable persons
At a stone's throw from the city-center of Goma, a garden of around 300 square meters shelters a few flower beds, namely germiners for vegetable plants. It is in the Lac Vert district where the Association UVDI (Union of Volunteers for Integral Development), whose headquarters is located in Kiwanja…
Kasaï : MONUSCO Facilitates the Holding of Mobile Court Hearings to Decongest Prisons in Tshikapa
To ease crowding in the Tshikapa prisons and strengthen the rule of law, MONUSCO provided technical and financial support to the military court of the former Kasai-Occidental province for the purpose of organizing mobile court hearings in Tshikapa from July 10 to 18. At the end of the hearings, the…
MONUSCO regrets the death of the United Nations Police sector leader in Kinshasa
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) learned with great sadness of the passing away of the leader of the Kinshasa United Nations Police (UNPOL) sector, Police chief Superintendent Yaou Diaouga. He died of a heart attack on Friday 17…
Bunia: The United Nations Mission has organized an awareness-raising session on respect for human rights for the actors involved in the fight against Covid-19
Several cases of human rights violations have been reported in Ituri since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic-related health crisis. As part of the protection of the individual freedoms, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office of MONUSCO in Bunia has been holding since Wednesday, July 22, 2020…
Nord-Kivu : la MONUSCO évalue la situation sécuritaire dans le sud-Lubero en vue d’une réponse adaptée
The objective of the mission carried out by MONUSCO from 20 to 25 July 2020 was to get a clear picture of the security and humanitarian situations in the southern part of Lubero territory confronted with repeated inter-armed groups’ clashes over the past month and seek to provide an appropriate…
Fight against land conflicts: Kasenyi Land Brigade equipped with an administrative building
MONUSCO, through the International Strategy for the Stabilization of Congo (ISSS), officially handed over to the Provincial Government of Ituri, on Tuesday July 28, 2020, a building which will serve as administrative premises for the Kasenyi Land Brigade, in the territory of Irumu. This is one of…
Bunia central prison provided with a fence wall and two watchtowers
MONUSCO Office Chief in Ituri, Josiah Obat, officially handed over to the Ituri Provincial Government on Friday, July 31, 2020 a concrete 430-linear meter and 3-meter high fence wall, and two watchtowers or observation posts for Bunia Central Prison, whose construction was funded by the Mission to…
North Kivu: MONUSCO set to improve the quality of the health care provided by North-Kivu health centre to the PNC in Goma
On July 29, 2020, Omar Aboud, chief of MONUSCO/Goma Petit Nord office, and General Aba Van Ang, the provincial commissioner of the Congolese national police in North-Kivu, jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction and rehabilitation of the police health centre in North-Kivu. The project…
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South-Kivu: Uvira's women leaders renew their confidence in MONUSCO
During a working session with MONUSO’s substantive sections in Uvira, South Kivu Province, on 6 th August, some 20 women leaders from the region assessed the critical and worrying situation in the territories of Fizi, Mwenga and Uvira. While recognizing MONUSCO's efforts to protect civilians, they…