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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
North Kivu: MONUSCO raise awareness of 200 students on gender-based sexual violence
MONUSCO (UNPOL) Police Officers’ team specialized in gender-based sexual violence sensitized, on July 27, 55 students at Don Bosco Ngangi Institute located in Karisimbi commune, Goma. The objective of the awareness session was, among other things, to make the teenagers aware of the concept of gender…
BENI: MONUSCO BACKS JUSTICE SECTOR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE RULE OF LAW
Beni courthouse located in the city center, not far from the town hall, is built near a market and was not fenced. This position has often been the direct cause of numerous incidents, the most frequent of which are jail breaks by detainees and defendants after the hearings. The latter have often…
North Kivu : Stabilization projects restore social cohesion in the Bwito chiefdom
In North Kivu, MONUSCO and its partners, including the Congolese government, last week closed the stabilization projects in the Bwito chiefdom in Rutshuru territory. The closing ceremony coincided with the inauguration of the new Congolese National Police (PNC) station in Kikuku, the chief town of…
Ituri: two communities in conflict commit to peace and peaceful cohabitation
MONUSCO has facilitated reconciliation between two communities in Irumu territory in Ituri province. On 10 August 2021, the Hema and Bira communities signed an act of commitment on community rapprochement for peaceful cohabitation in the Makabo and Tsere groups, some ten kilometers from Bunia. At…
Bintou Keita: "We attach great importance to our partnership with DRC"
“All the Mission’s leadership are here. This means we attach great importance to our partnership with DRC,” declared the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC and Chief of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita, in Bunia, Ituri on Monday, September 6, 2021. The Guinean diplomat is…
Kinshasa pays tribute to Dag Hammarskjöld on the 60th anniversary of his death
" The UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld, of blessed memory, will forever be remembered by Africans, in general, and the Congolese, in particular, due to his fight for justice and equality, as well as the critical role he played in the consolidation of the fledgling African democracies in the…
La MONUSCO initie une réflexion sur la résolution des conflits à l’occasion de la Journée Internationale de la Paix
From Kinshasa to Bunia, via Kalemie and Goma, the International Day of Peace (IPJ) was celebrated on September 21, 2021 by MONUSCO, through holding thorough reflections on issues such as community conflicts resolution, youth involvement in the construction of peace, or yet responsible management of…
UN is bracing for the stabilization in Tanganyika in prelude to Monusco exit
MONUSCO triggered the process for its exit from Tanganyika Province a few months ago. In accordance with the exit plan drawn up for this purpose, the United Nations Mission will no longer have any presence in this province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as of June 30, 2022. In this…
Ituri: MONUSCO is rehabilitating the Komanda - Luna Road Section in Irumu
“We welcome this project very favorably, because the condition of the road from Komanda to Luna is very bad. (…) It will contribute to improving security in the area. This road is very busy with taxis, large and small vehicles with goods on board; however, ADF members are moving about near this road…
UN Peacekeeping Department Chief in DRC to Assess MONUSCO's Mandate
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday (October 19) from New York, United States of America. On a six-day mission to the DRC, the French diplomat intends to assess MONUSCO’s mandate with Congolese authorities and various UN partners. He…
Jean-Pierre Lacroix: "The population have told us: 'Stay and be more present'"
On the second day of his official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, October 21, 2021, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, met with DRC Head of State Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo at a Residential site known as the City of the African Union…
Jean-Pierre Lacroix: "MONUSCO will maintain a presence in northern Tanganyika"
"In the northern part of Tanganyika, MONUSCO will maintain a presence to work closely with FARDC so as to provide the appropriate security response to the violence that persists in this part of the province." UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix made this statement…