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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
Osio’s Prison on Path to Becoming a Model of Self-Sustainability
Kisangani, 16 March 2011 - The Rule of Law section of the regional office for the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) and a delegation from the Justice and Human Rights Ministry visited the detention center in the locality of Osio, near Kisangani on March 15. The group had gone to…
Peacekeepers Provide Escorts to Hundreds of Farmers in Dungu
Dungu, 21 March 2011 – For sometime now, insecurity in Dungu territory, Eastern province led farmers to give up their activities as it became impossible to venture even five kilometers from their villages without exposing themselves to attacks from armed gangs. But today that appears to be a thing…
North Kivu: Destruction of Explosive Remnants of War at Mubambiro
Goma, 17 March 2011 – A huge amount of ammunitions were destroyed in recent months at Mubambiro-Sake, 27 km south of Goma, South Kivu province, by the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center (UNMACC), in collaboration with the South African mine-clearing company, Mechem. Altogether 52,834…
MONUSCO’s presence in Kikwit and its impact
Kikwit, 10 March 2011 – Between 2007 and 2010, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo – which became UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on 1 July 2010 – carried out a number of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) in the town of Kikwit and its surroundings. Globally a…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
South Kivu: Idjwi’s Traditional Chiefs Trained To better Combat Sexual Violence
Bukavu, 17 March 2011 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) launched a training seminar for traditional leaders from Idjwi territory to educate them on their role in the fight against impunity for sexual violence. Idjwi is an island in Lake Kivu, at the border between the…
MONUSCO Chief and Congolese Defense Minister Visit Eastern DRC
Kisangani, 19 March 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in DRC, Mr. Roger Meece and the Congolese Minister for Defense and war veterans, Mr. Charles Mwando Nsimba visited Eastern DRC between 18 and 19 March to assess the security situation and see for themselves the…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Ituri: MONUSCO Sensitizes Community Leaders and School Children on Issues of Sexual Violence
Ariwara, 14 March 2011 – For five days starting March 10, the Child Protection Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) held a workshop to inform both community leaders and students on the mandate of the Mission, as well as on the notions of Child Protection and Sexual…
Equateur: Enyele and Monzaya communities make peace
Mbandaka, 15 March 2011 – After more than a year of deadly armed conflict between the Enyele and the Monzaya, two communities in Dongo in the Kungu territory in Equateur province, the two communities have decided to make peace, thus turning a page on a bloody chapter in their common historical…
Some 20 Journalists in Ituri Receive Training in Election Coverage
Bunia, 15 March 2011 – The Ituri branch of the National Press Union (UNPC), with the support of the regional office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), organized a two-day seminar on the treatment of information during elections. The training was informed by the forthcoming…
Goma: Police Training Concluded in North Kivu
Goma, 15 March 2011 – Fifty police officers who were being trained in Kapalata, Oriental province, were redeployed in North Kivu province following their return to Goma on 15 March. This last group concludes a one-year training programme initiated in the province by the United Nations Stabilization…
South Kivu: 11 soldiers condemned for crimes against humanity
Kalehe, 15 March 2011 – Eleven soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)were convicted for crimes against humanity and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment, in addition to paying compensatory damages. The military judges handed down…
A Measles Epidemic Outbreak in Southern Maniema
Kindu, 14 March 2011 - More than 90 cases of measles were recently diagnosed in three health centers in northern Maniema province. Three people are reported to have died from the epidemic. According to the Provincial Health Minister, the territories so far affected are Kabambare, Kasongo and Kibombo…