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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
State of siege: MONUSCO determined to support DRC security forces
While the Congolese Head of state, Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi, has declared a state of siege in the Ituri and North-Kivu provinces, MONUSCO remains prepared to back the security forces of the DRC, in accordance with its mandate as laid out in the UN Security Council Resolution 2556. The Special…
DRC: PEACEKEEPERS’ DAY MARKED UNDER THE SIGN OF YOUTH COMMITTED TO PEACE AND SECURITY
"United Nations peacekeeping operations help to maintain peace in some of the world's most dangerous places." In his broadcast on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Peacekeepers, UN Secretary General paid tribute to the women and men who have chosen to devote their lives to…
Khassim Diagne in Bunia: "Other approaches should be explored to bring communities to lasting reconciliation"
During his second visit to Ituri, Wednesday June 16, 2021, almost four months after taking up office, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, in charge of operations and protection, Khassim Diagne, felt that the “all-military approach” should not be the only option…
Awareness-raising for National Members of Parliament on the need to fight hate rethoric
During a morning discussions organized in Kinshasa on June 8, 2021 at the Pullman hotel by the United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) and the Division of Strategic Communication and Public Information MONUSCO, national parliamentarians, in particular members of the Standing Committee…
Khassim Diagne in Tchabi: "The hunt down of the ADF will now take a new turn with the arrival of additional FIB forces"
In response to the violence from armed groups in the Tchabi and Boga areas, roughly 120 km from Bunia, in Irumu territory, Ituri province, Khassim Diagne, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in DRC, in charge of operations and protection, announced Thursday, June 17, 2021 that…
South Kivu: Biogas for Uvira central prison
Inmates in Uvira central prison, South Kivu province now have a new source of combustible energy: biogas. With MONUSCO funding, a pilot biogas project was inaugurated in this prison last May. On top of this project, the construction of a bakery, the implementation of a fish farm as well as the…
Fight against criminality in Bunia: Roughly a hundred solar panels installed by MONUSCO
With funding from MONUSCO to the tune of $132,000, one hundred and four solar panels have been installed in Bunia, Ituri, to fight criminality in this town where acts of burglary and other criminal acts are often reported, due to lack of public lighting. First on the Kopox-Grand Marché road section…
South Kivu: MONUSCO Braced to facilitate inter-community dialogue in the Hauts-plateaux for the return of peace
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Bintou Keita, paid a working visit to South Kivu from June 30 to July 2. During this visit which took her to the interior of the province, she met, among others, with representatives of the…
MONUSCO supports the fight against the trafficking of harmful substances in prisons
To fight the consumption and trafficking of illicit substances in the central prison of Makala, in Kinshasa, the field team of MONUSCO Correction Administration Support Unit organized two awareness-raising sessions for five members of this prison staff, including one woman. Eighteen minor in-mates…
Ituri: MONUSCO and UNDP Support the Fight against Impunity for Crimes against the Peace and Security of Humanity
MONUSCO and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in collaboration with the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo, organised a workshop from 14 to 15 July 2021 in Bunia to take stock of the provincial strategy for prioritising the prosecution of crimes against the peace…
Ituri: MONUSCO Provides Temporary Work for 1,500 At-Risk Youth, Including Ex-Combatants
As part of its Community Violence Reduction (CVR) projects, MONUSCO has handed over to local authorities two agricultural feeder roads and three bridges located in the villqge groupings of Zadu and Baviba, 60 kilometers from Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province. To build these infrastructures…
Ituri: MONUSCO has trained more than 650 FARDC officers and troops in combat tactics in the jungle
From July 9 to 23, 2021, MONUSCO trained 652 officers and troops of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) as well as members of the Congolese National Police (PNC), including one woman, on military strategies around war tactics in the jungle, the handling of unexploded…