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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
Interview with MONUSCO’s Chief of DDRRR
Goma, 30 May 2011 - The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Section of MONUSCO is responsible for repatriating all foreign combatants in the DRC and assisting the government in demobilizing the Congolese combatants. The following is an exclusive…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
USAID, IOM, MONUSCO Reinforce Congolese Police in Fighting Sexual Violence
Bunia, 25 May 2011 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) granted the Democratic Republic of Congo 2,929,735 dollars to bolster the country's resolve to combat sexual violence. The funds are to support the implementation of the Government's Stabilization and Reconstruction…
MONUSCO Supports Peace Efforts in Eastern DRC
Goma, 19 May 2011 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Section has just ended a three-day public awareness campaign from 12 May which was to encourage peace among local communities in Goma, the capital of Nord-Kivu province, and in…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
DRC Military Train to Fight Sexual Violence in Sud Kivu
Bukavu, 20 May 2011 – Following the high rate of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, both the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) started a week long training programme on May 18 for high ranking military…
Fresh Hope for Homeless Youths in Kisangani
Kisangani, 17 May 2011 – A project to train school dropouts and homeless youths in bakery and soap making was inaugurated on 17 May 2011 in Kisangani, capital of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Province Orientale. The project, named "Project Rosaria", was built through funds from…
MONUSCO’s Sud-Kivu Brigade Launches Operation “Akikisha Usalama”
Bukavu, 18 May 2011 - A new operation code named "Akikisha Usalama," or "Peace by any Means" was launched on 12 May 2011 by the Sud-Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The operation which is aimed at protecting the civilian…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO Supports DRC in its Efforts to Combat Sexual Violence
Kisangani, 16 May 2011 - In Province Orientale's territory of Opala, district of Tshopo, nine Congolese police officers were condemned to jail terms ranging from twelve months to life imprisonment, after a military court found them guilt of crimes against humanity including mass rape, looting and…
MONUSCO Says some Hundred Detainees Released in Bukavu since January 2011
Bukavu, 17 May 2011 - Magistrates of the office of the public prosecutor in the district court of Bukavu and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) have been working hand in hand to obtain the release of 117 unlawfully detained inmates in Bukavu…
MONUSCO, CENI Urge Congolese to Register Massively for Up-coming Elections
Bukavu, 10 May 2011 – In Sud-Kivu province, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) is helping the National Independent Electoral Commission (French acronym CENI) in its efforts to mobilize large numbers of voters to register in the up-coming elections. Nearly one month…
MONUSCO Promotes Peace through Theatre
Kinshasa, 9 May 2011 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) sponsored a theater festival involving school children at both primary and secondary levels in Kinshasa. The theater competition ended with the Vocational School of Barumbu…
MONUSCO Sensitizes Congolese Civil Society on Upcoming Elections in DRC
Bunia, 12 May 2011 – The UN Joint Human Rights Office (BCNUDH), and the Public Information and Electoral Divisions organized a training workshop around the theme"Human Rights and Elections" to raise awareness among members of Human Rights NGOs, as well as human rights activists and journalists in…
Peacekeepers Mark Equator Line in Nord-Kivu, Hope to Promote Tourism in the Area
Beni, 10 May 2011 - The Nepalese Battalion based in Beni, in the province of Nord-Kivu, East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erected on 8 May 2011, an information board on a large stone at the Equator line, in order to mark the area. The mark was initially put in place in 2007 by the 2nd…