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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

A delegation from different components of the UN mission, dispatched to Amee from March 2 to 5, 2026, confirms that calm still prevails.

Portrait of UN Special Rep. James Swan - 23 Jul. 25 by UNTMIS_photos

Mr. Swan succeeds Ms. Bintou Keita of Guinea, to whom the Secretary-General expresses his gratitude for her work at MONUSCO.

The training dedicated to the Local Committee on Contracts was held from 24 to 27 February, followed by a session dedicated to the Local Board of Survey on Property from 3 to 5 March.

Representatives from MONUSCO and the Entebbe Regional Service Centre participated in two training sessions on the matter.

887 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented, affecting 1,534 victims, the vast majority of whom were women and girls.

L’initiative, menée dans le cadre de la Journée internationale des femmes, vise à promouvoir la dignité et le bien-être des femmes privées de liberté.

A sensitization session on personal hygiene and mental health in detention was organized at the central prison of Bunia.

Les différentes composantes de la MONUSCO multiplient les activités de sensibilisation pour encourager la participation des femmes à la vie sociale et communautaire, tout en renforçant leur protection ainsi que celle des enfants.

To support the efforts of the authorities, peacekeepers in Gina brought together women to discuss education, culture and health.

Kinshasa, 11 March 2026 – The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acting Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and UN Designated Official for…

About 100 women participated in an awareness-raising workshop on gender equality and the rights of women with disabilities organized by MONUSCO’s Gender Section. ©Photo Jean-Claude Wenga

Prisca Nsanga is a young woman living with a motor disability. Since the age of five, due to poliomyelitis, she has had to rely on a crutch

La MONUSCO réaffirme son engagement à renforcer la participation des femmes dans les mécanismes de prévention des conflits et de protection des civils. Photo MONUSCO ©Didier Vignon Dossou-Gbakon

MONUSCO organized two awareness-raising days at the displacement sites in Djangi and Rho.

In Bunia, Ituri, women peacebuilders turned their experiences into a powerful collective poem in a workshop led by UN Global Peace Advocate Maryam Bukar Hassan during her visit.

Inside the conference room of MONUSCO’s logistics base in Bunia, these words were spoken in a single voice. They did not come from one poet alone, but from a group of women — community mediators, women’s rights advocates, young leaders and female peacekeepers — gathered for a poetry workshop. The…