MONUSCO
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Press conferences

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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

Ituri: MONUSCO Builds Journalists’ Capacity
Twenty-three journalists (including seven women) from the four community radio stations in the Walendu Bindi chiefdom, the territory of Irumu in Ituri, received practical training in journalism in a conflict zone. The training was organized by MONUSCO from March 3 to 4, 2022 in Aveba, a locality 75…
DRC: MONUSCO Supports the New Demobilization Program for Ex-combatants
The Democratic Republic of Congo has adopted a national strategy for the implementation of the Demobilization, Disarmament, Community Recovery and Stabilization Program (P-DDRCS) for ex-combatants. The appropriation ceremony for this program took place during a workshop chaired by Prime Minister…
MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Blue Helmets Killed in Helicopter Crash
MONUSCO paid a last tribute to the eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Serbia who lost their lives in helicopter crash on March 29 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The memorial service took place this Saturday, April 2 in Goma, North Kivu, in…
MONUSCO Advocates for Positive Masculinity among DRC Security Forces
MONUSCO Gender Section organized on March 31 in Kinshasa, an awareness-raising workshop on the promotion of positive masculinities as a tool in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. Roughly sixty officers and non-commissioned officers of the Congolese National Police (PNC), the Armed…
BENI: MONUSCO's Malawian Contingent Trained in the Jungle Combat Techniques
The Brazilian Jungle Warfare Mobile Training Team (JWMTT) wrapped up, on April 1, a training in the jungle warfare mobile techniques for the Malawian Contingent (MALBATT) troops deployed within MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade. This training, which began on March 14, 2022, is part of the capacity…

United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) – on 1 July 2010. It was done in accordance with Security Council resolution 1925 of 28 May to reflect the new phase.