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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
Sake: MONUSCO Encourages Young People's Entrepreneurship Initiatives for Peacebuilding
The United Nations has long considered the creative imagination, ideals and energy of young people to be essential to the continued development of the peaceful societies in which they live. In that spirit, on May 10, 2022, the MONUSCO Goma Civil Affairs office, in conjunction with the World Bank…
Bukavu: MONUSCO offers an important batch of computer hardware to the PNC
MONUSCO through its head of office in Bukavu, on 16 June, handed over twenty-five (25) desktops, nine (09) laptops, 25 printers, 25 inverters and various accessories to the Congolese National Police. (PNC). The provincial governor, Theo Ngwabidje Kasi, received the equipment in the presence of the…
MONUSCO's withdrawal from Tanganyika: mission accomplished, according to Bintou Keita
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Bintou Keita, assured on Tuesday 21 June 2022 that MONUSCO is withdrawing from Tanganyika province after having accomplished its mission. " Mission accomplished, certainly, insofar as we can responsibly leave and, knowing…
Tanganyika: MONUSCO hands over to UN programs, funds and agencies
June 30, 2022 marks the end of MONUSCO's operations in Tanganyika Province. Although the Mission will maintain a presence in the north of the province, particularly in Nyunzu and Kalemie territories, where there are still pockets of insecurity, in the four territories where the security situation…
In Beni, MONUSCO encourages citizens' participation in responding to security challenges
" Mulekera is a hot commune". It is with these words that Ben Kawa starts out talking about his commune. He was born there. He grew up there. He lives there. " All the citizen movements started in Mulekera. All the big demonstrations in the city also start from there", explains the young man, shaved…
In Lubero, MONUSCO renovates commercial premises to boost the economy and reduce community violence
The two main markets in the commune of Lubero and Mulo have been renovated with funding from MONUSCO. In this region, where local armed groups still pose a serious security threat, these trading places are a breath of fresh air for a population whose economic activity is severely affected by…
MONUSCO offers a batch of equipment to the National Programme for the Demobilisation of Ex-combatants
During a ceremony held on 28 June 2022 at MONUSCO's "Incal" site in Kinshasa, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC for Protection and Operations, Khassim Diagne, officially handed over a batch of equipment to the Congolese government's Demobilisation, Disarmament…
Security Council Press Statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their support to national and regional efforts to promote peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region, building on the commitments made by the countries of the region under the Peace, Security and…
Kinshasa: Women's political participation at the center of exchanges between the head of MONUSCO and an advocacy mission
A dozen women from the countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), of the African Union, supported by UN Women and led by Catherine Samba Panza, honorary president of the Central African Republic, have been in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, since July 11. This…
Shabunda: UN finances Community Radio and Women's Center to raise awareness against gender-based violence
With funding of US$1,500,000 from the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund, a community radio station and the Women's House have been set up in Kigulube, in the territory of Shabunda, South Kivu, as part of the WOSH-Women of Shabunda project. The project was implemented by the…
Khassim Diagne : "MONUSCO is not responsible for the death of the demonstrators who looted and vandalized its base in Goma”
" We have a duty of accountability. The Mission is committed to respect for human rights. I can confirm with certainty that MONUSCO is not responsible for the death of the demonstrators who looted and vandalized its base in Goma. The joint Government-MONUSCO investigations will prove this". The…
Khassim Diagne : « MONUSCO has no other agenda in the DRC, except to restore peace »
« MONUSCO has no other agenda in the Democratic Republic of Congo than to restore peace. Do not believe the manipulators, they risk achieving their objective and it is counterproductive for all ". This statement by the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim…