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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: resumption of joint patrols between MONUSCO and Congolese security forces
Joint patrols between MONUSCO and Congolese security forces have resumed in the city of Goma and its outskirts after being suspended following violent protests in the city of Goma last July. Planned about ten days ago, in Goma, in the north area up to Munigi (Nyiragongo territory) and in the west up…
Women Peacekeepers Play a Unique and Critical Role in the DRC
Veiled by the heated sun and surrounded by the lush green landscape of Kiwanja Valley in North-Kivu, thirty-one Moroccan peacekeepers stood to attention in a seamless line, as they awaited to receive their Medals of Honor. As birdsong entwined with the chorus of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
North and South Kivu: MONUSCO rehabilitates bridges of socio-economic importance
For many years, MONUSCO has provided technical, logistical and financial support for the rehabilitation and construction of bridges, not only to facilitate the mobility of the Blue Helmets in their operations to protect civilians, but also to improve the communication routes of communities across…
Ituri: MONUSCO Builds Courtroom for Bunia Court of Appeal
As part of its mandate to support the institutions of the Republic, MONUSCO has built and equipped a courtroom for the Court of Appeal in Bunia, Ituri province. Marc-Karna Soro, head of the MONUSCO Ituri office, officially handed over the building to the first president of the said Court of Appeal…
DRC: UN Volunteers Fly to the Rescue of Vulnerable Children
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the programs for the West and Central Africa Region that has a significant number of volunteers in the field. It now has more than 500 volunteers, including 300 within MONUSCO and others serving in Funds…
PR: MONUSCO welcomes the adoption of two resolutions by the UN Security Council on the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa, 20 December 2022 : The Special Representative of the UNSG and Head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita, welcomes the adoption of two resolutions by the SC this Tuesday.
Ituri: MONUSCO encourages collaboration between the population and the police to fight insecurity
How can the "crisis of confidence" between the Congolese National Police and the civilian population be ended or at least reduced? This question was the subject of a round table discussion on 20 December 2022 organised by the office of the United Nations Mission in Congo in Bunia. More than sixty…
Beni: Police Officers Trained in the Handling of Improvised Explosive Devices
"The threat is real." Police officials in Beni acknowledge that the city is still under threat from improvised explosive devices. In 2021, on the evening of the Christmas celebration, a device exploded in a pub in the city of Beni, killing six and injuring a dozen. A year later, during this festive…
North Kivu: Tanzanian Contingent of MONUSCO Launches “Health and Peace” Campaign
The Tanzanian contingent of MONUSCO deployed in North Kivu has launched since January 3, 2023 the "Afia na Amani" (peace and health) campaign in Beni and its surroundings. The medical campaign aims to enhance trust between peacekeepers and local communities, with a view to achieving peaceful…
BUKAVU: MONUSCO supports a project to identify motorcycle taxi drivers in an effort to combat insecurity.
As part of its support to the institutions of the Republic, MONUSCO handed over to the provincial Minister of Transport a computer kit to organize the identification of motorcyclists involved in public transport in the city of Bukavu and its surroundings. This donation follows a series of awareness…
North Kivu: MONUSCO Evacuates Critically Injured in Kasindi Attack from Beni to Goma
On January 18, MONUSCO evacuated to Goma the critically injured persons in the bomb attack perpetrated in a Pentecostal church in Kasindi on the border with Uganda in the territory of Beni, North Kivu. Altogether, six persons were evacuated by UN mission helicopter from Beni to Goma. They were…
Beni: MONUSCO Officials, the Territorial Administrator and Civil Society Actors Brainstorm on "How to Renew Mutual Trust"
Civil society in the Beni territory, MONUSCO and the territorial administrator have agreed to resume the disrupted dialogue following the rise, over the past few months, of anti-MONUSCO sentiment among some members of the population in this North Kivu territory. On January 19, 2023, the three…