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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
In Beni, UNMAS Supports Identification of Police and Army Weapons To Facilitate Control Thereof
The operation to mark police and army weapons ended on Thursday, March 30, in the town of Beni. Supported and financed by MONUSCO's Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the operation aimed to identify weapons held by police and military personnel in order to ensure better monitoring thereof. Marking a…
Beni: UNPOL trains Congolese police officers to conduct criminal investigations
On Wednesday 5 April, MONUSCO police launched two training courses for twenty Congolese police officers in the town of Beni. For ten days, two groups of ten police officers will be trained respectively on the direction of investigations and the management of crime scenes. For UNPOL officials in Beni…
Goma: MONUSCO builds the capacity of whistleblowers against child recruitment into the army
While eastern DRC is facing an upsurge of child rights abuses, MONUSCO's Child Protection Section organised a capacity building workshop for protection focal points, whistleblowers and members of the Joint Technical Working Group on Protection and Armed Conflict (JTWG) on 25 and 26 April 2023 on…
UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region
At a time when more than 100 armed groups are plaguing communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with grave human rights violations and sexual violence, the UN chief said on Saturday that swift, bolstered efforts must end the chronic cycle of conflict in the natural resources-rich…
Plea for Kalehe: One of the worst natural disasters in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) deserves more attention and solidarity
Heavy rains on 4 May caused mudslides in the Kalehe territory (South Kivu), sweeping away a large part of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. The official death toll stands at 438, with more than 5,000 missing and thousands more affected.
North Kivu: MONUSCO encourages communities to foster social dialogue with a view to fighting misinformation
On Thursday, May 18, 2023, MONUSCO Goma office organized an open house at the Indian battalion base in Saké, located about twenty kilometers from the city of Goma, in North Kivu. Roughly a hundred participants took part, mainly from civil society organizations, the Congolese National Police (PNC)…
BENI: Before leaving, MONUSCO installs a permanent source of electricity at the Kamando General Hospital
“Electrical power in a hospital changes everything.” The chief medical officer of Kamango General Reference Hospital, Dr Junior Ngonzi could not hide his joy when leading a MONUSCO team from Beni to visit the electrification project for the hospital in question, as they were standing at the hospital…
Major Thobeka Mswane, a female peacekeeper from South Africa, committed to make DRC a safer place for women and children.
In the depths of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the biologically diverse Virunga National Park, in Beni, South African peacekeepers stood to attention. While flags flew high in the cool breeze, and clay dust settled beneath the wings of the newly arrived airplane, a sense of…
Peacekeepers' Day: MONUSCO Reaffirms its Commitment to Restore Peace in DRC
“Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the DRC. Our troops are the visible face of the United Nations, they are the ones who plan and generate the activities for the protection of the most vulnerable Congolese citizens”. UN Force Commander in DRC, Lieutenant General Otavio MIRANDA FILHO said during…
Jean Pierre Lacroix in Ituri : "I have come here to bring my support to the civilian populations and the FARDC"
“The excellent joint work accomplished by the Ituri provincial authorities in all the civilian, military and police components, and by our MONUSCO colleagues in all their civilian, military and police components are producing concrete results: thousands of people are protected”. On a visit to Bunia…
Plea for Kalehe: One of the worst natural disasters in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) deserves more attention and solidarity
Heavy rains on 4 May caused mudslides in the Kalehe territory (South Kivu), sweeping away a large part of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. The official death toll stands at 438, with more than 5,000 missing and thousands more affected.
North Kivu: in six months, MONUSCO separates 642 children from those volunteering to be recruited into the FARDC
"Recruiting children into the army before they reach the legal age of majority means depriving them of their right to education". Since December 2022, the Army and Police have launched recruitment campaigns to strengthen their ranks and tackle the insecurity that is rife in some provinces of the…