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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
Equateur: Rural Women of Secli-Wendji, made aware of importance of self-empowerment
Secli-Wendji, 22 March 2012 – On the initiative of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s Public Information Office, some 300 women of Secli-Wendji, a neighborhood located 20 kilometers south of Equateur province's capital, Mbandaka, came together to…
MONUSCO Charters Boat to Secure Traffic on Lake Tanganyika
Uvira, 12 March 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO)'s Sud-Kivu Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Nadir Khan, the Commander of Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)'s Amani Leo campaign in Sud-Kivu, Colonel Delphin Kahimbi, the Kalundu Port…
MONUSCO is rehabilitating the Baraka-Fizi-Minembwe road
Uvira, 7 March 2012 – Field engineers from the Chinese battalion of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) have been rehabilitating the 135 kilometres of road stretching from Baraka through Fizi to Minembwe. On 29 February last, a 33 km…
Peacekeeping: a partnership with Africa
By Hervé Ladsous* There is an African saying that "One hand cannot tie a bundle". Very few proverbs describe the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations so well. The success of a peacekeeping mission requires the participation of so many hands: those of the Security Council which…
DRC militia leaders responsible for upsurge in violence must be held accountable - Pillay
GENEVA, 31 May 2012 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed alarm at the significant increase in large-scale atrocities by armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – including killings, rape, and the looting and burning of entire villages –…
MONUSCO and Civil Society meet with the press
Goma, 29 May 2012 – Over 200 people representing the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), local civil society groups, the Congolese National Police, political and economic actors, as well as an important number of journalists met in Goma on…
UNPOL reinforces the capacity of PNC for better protection of civilian populations
Kisangani – 25 May 2012 – The United Nations Police (UNPOL) held, on 24 May 2012, a day-long training workshop for some 32 Congolese National Police (officers) to strengthen their ability to better protect civilian populations. Organized around the theme of "Collaboration between UNPOL and PNC for…
Starved inmates continue to escape from Tshela prison, Bas-Congo province
Matadi, 18 May 2012 - On the night of 17 to 18 May, 24 inmates escaped from Tshela prison, 210 km west of Matadi, the capital of Bas-Congo province. Earlier in the week, on 16 May, detainees refused to return to their dorms, a gesture meant to express their anger with the lack of food in the prison…
MONUSCO Turns Over a School to Kiliba Community
Uvira, 23 April 2012 - The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) turned over an elementary school named Maendeleo to the delegate of the students' parents in Kiliba, territory of Uvira, in an official ceremony. Roughly $ 18,000 were contributed by MONUSCO…
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Report on serious human rights violations committed in Kinshasa between 26 Nov and 25 Dec 2011
On 28 November 2011, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) held its second presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of the Transition Period in 2006. These elections, intended to be calm, transparent and illustrative of the country’s democratic progress, took place in an…
Bangladeshi Peacekeepers and Military Observers Receive UN Medals in Bunia
Bunia, 27 April 2012 – The commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) General Chander Prakash presided over a medal award ceremony during which medals were awarded to the Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving in the air force contingent and to the…
Prosecution of Senior Military Officers in the DRC
Uvira, 12 June 2012 - In Uvira, a small town snaking its way between Lake Tanganyika and the towering mountains of the Great Rift Valley in South Kivu, eighteen colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors and a captain appeared before a mobile court of the DRC military justice system. Thirteen of them…