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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
Beni: the village of Bwerere regains its tranquillity owing to Malawian peacekeepers’ interventions
Since the permanent deployment in December 2021 of Malawian peacekeepers (MalBatt) to the north-east of Beni town, in North Kivu, the inhabitants of the village of Bwerere have resumed the normal course of their daily activities. Elements of the Malawian battalion have been organising motorised…
Return to arms of the M23: young leaders in Goma call out to the United Nations
During a consultative session organized on May 27, 2022 by the Civil Affairs section of MONUSCO in Goma, 27 young opinion leaders from this city, including seven (07) women, invited the head of MONUSCO, Ms. Bintou Keita, and the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region…
North Kivu: Six community leaders pledge to fight hate speech and speech used to incite violence
Hunde, Hutu, Nande, Nyanga, Tembo and Tutsi community leaders gathered on Monday 6 June 2022 in Goma for a press café organized by MONUSCO. This meeting aimed to sensitize them and to plead with them for social cohesion and peaceful coexistence between their communities, in a fragile security…
MONUSCO launches appeal against hate speeches in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In recent months, there has been a proliferation of what can be described as hate speech, not only against foreigners but also between Congolese citizens of different ethnic backgrounds. This hate speech has increased since the resumption of fighting between the Congolese army and the March 23…
Ituri: MONUSCO provides the National Human Rights Commission with modern office space
"Before, we had a very small room within the premises of a community radio station where we were suffocated, with five people stuck in a very small room. Imagine the climate in which we could work. During the Covid-19 period, only two people could stay in that small room. Understand what we had been…
North Kivu: To boost the fight against impunity, MONUSCO builds the Public Prosecution Office at the Goma Peace Court
As part of its mandate to support Congolese state institutions, MONUSCO, through its Justice Support Section, launched on Monday 13 June 2022 the construction project of a building for the public prosecution office at the Goma Peace Court. The objective of this quick-impact project, which is funded…
North Kivu: Twenty women and young girls who survived the violence receive market gardening kits in Nyiragongo
Twenty or so women farmers were given market garden kits on Friday 10 June 2022 in Nyiragongo, in the Rutshuru territory, by the NGO COFEVAM, with the financial support of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO). They are among the sixty or so women and young girls who are mothers and…
MONUSCO facilitates the digitization of data at the central prison of Beni
All records of inmates in Beni's central prison will soon be digitized. To enable the prison staff to properly use these new tools, MONUSCO's Corrections Unit has been holding a three-day training session for them since June 16, 2022. Eric Kikwaya and Kiza Kavira are among the trained staff. The…
Uvira: About 50 young people made aware of the fight against hate speech
" We, young people, must change our mentality. We must not give in to politicians' whims, as they get us nowhere. Our future depends on it. When you see the worthlessness of a message, you know there is no point in sharing it. We must avoid spreading hate messages". The statement is by Asumani…
UN concerned about increase in violence and hate speech in eastern DRC
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Nderitu, today expressed deep concern about the impact of the recent upsurge in hostilities between the M23 armed group and the Armed Forces of the…
Bunia: five community radio stations now safe from programme interruptions thanks to MONUSCO's support
" Sorry, hold on, it's just for a line change. Sorry for the interruption of your programme". This little message regularly broadcast on almost all the radio stations in Bunia in Ituri during the endless power failures is now history. At least for five community radio stations in the town that have…
Bruno Lemarquis: “MONUSCO’s withdrawal from Tanganyika reflects an improvement in the security situation”
While on a working visit to Tanganyika province since 17 June 2022, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in DRC, Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator, Bruno Lemarquis, said that MONUSCO’s withdrawal from Tanganyika province is good news because it reflects an improvement in…