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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: 235 Children Pulled out of Armed Groups Since Early 2022 with Support from MONUSCO
The Mission’s Child Protection Section (CPS) in the DRC announced on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Bunia, Ituri, it had facilitated the withdrawal of 235 children from armed groups in this province. These children had been detained in the ranks of armed groups since January 2021. The announcement…
Ituri: In Djaiba, Local Population and Internally Displaced Persons Have Every Faith in MONUSCO
“ Thanks to MONUSCO peacekeepers we have settled here. They protect us. The day they leave here, we will also have to move to avoid being killed by the Codecos,” said a displaced woman from the Djaiba camp, in the Walendu Djatsi sector, Djugu territory, on September 14, 2022. about 65 km from Bunia…
International Day of Peace: Young People from Bunia and Fataki Sensitized to Tolerance and Fraternity
It is with students and their teachers that the International Day of Peace observed on September 21 of each year was commemorated this Wednesday in Ituri. In Bunia first, the Bangladeshi blue helmets brought together around fifty students, including 30 girls, and their supervisors at Ndoromo…
Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting
Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in exchange for huge financial promises. After 4 years of a life of violence, he surrendered to MONUSCO and joined the Mission's disarmament, demobilization, and community…
International Day of Peace: More than 300 Students in Kinshasa Sensitized on Hate Speech
In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public Information office (SC-PID), attended by more than 300 students, around the fight against…
Deputy Heads of MONUSCO, Khassim Diagne and Bruno Lemarquis, in Interaction with the Population in South Kivu
The two deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, in charge of protection and operations, and Bruno Lemarquis, humanitarian and resident coordinator, were on mission to South Kivu province late September. In Bukavu, MM. Diagne and Lemarquis met the Deputy…
Komanda: Gradual Resumption of Activities Thanks to Joint Action FARDC and MONUSCO
A little over a year ago, Komanda, the administrative capital of the Basili chiefdom, 80 km from Bunia, in the territory of Irumu, Ituri, came under attacks from the ADF, the Mai-Mai and the FPIC, Patriotic and Integrationist Front of Congo. Today, although the scars of this insecurity are still…
Shabunda Equipped with Water Collection and Distribution Network by MONUSCO
The administrator of the Shabunda territory, Feruzi Bimpa, inaugurated on September 26, 2022, the water collection and distribution network (150 m3 water tank and 48 standpipes) offered by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to the populations…
Ituri: Young Girls in Bunia Sensitized Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
“ This activity helped us to broaden our knowledge and better understand what sexual exploitation is and how to prevent it. Before, we had some vague notions of this phenomenon, but thanks to this awareness session, we understand better now”. This is how Patience Mapenzi, 25, a 2 nd year student in…
ITURI : Population in Fataki Appreciative of Improved Security Situation in their Area
In Ituri, the security situation has improved significantly on the national road number 27 in the territory of Djugu. On this road section, going from Bunia, the provincial capital, to the locality of Fataki, over 90 km, the national army troops are positioned every 5 kilometers for the protection…
ITURI : MORE THAN 350-KM ROADS REHABILITATED BY MONUSCO SINCE 2019, TO FACILITATE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AND TO BOOST TRADES
Since 2019, MONUSCO, through the Nepalese engineers’ company of its Force, has rehabilitated over 350-km roads in Ituri province. This is not its main mission, but part of the civilians’ protection, which is the core of its mandate. They are not highways either, but agricultural feeder roads or…
PR. The Secretary General deeply concerned by the resumption of hostilities between the FARDC and the M23
The Secretary General is deeply concerned by the resumption of hostilities, since 20 October, between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the 23 March Movement (M23), which resulted in civilian casualties, massive displacement and the injury of four peacekeepers from the United Nations…