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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
MONUSCO explains its role to students in Mbandaka, Equateur province
Mbandaka, 9 June 2012 – « United Nations Peacekeepers : Myths and Realities » was the theme of a conference organized in Mbandaka, Equateur province, on Friday, 8 June 2012, by the Public Information Section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
The number of irregular detentions decreases in Sud Kivu province
Bukavu, 19 May 2012 – Relevant officials from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), conducted a meeting with Congolese judicial actors of the penal chain in Bukavu, capital of Sud-Kivu…
Life resumes in Bunagana
Goma, 29 May 2012 – A joint mission composed of military and civilian officials from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) visited Bunagana, a town in Rutshuru territory, which experienced violent clashes in the course of May, causing the…
Gender sensitization workshops across DRC for Congolese Police
Kinshasa, 18 June 2012 - The Office of Gender Affairs of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has completed a series of workshops across the country to sensitize members of the Congolese National Police (PNC) on the integration of gender…
Efforts to combat sexual violence must continue
Bukavu, 14 June 2012 - Géneviève Inagosi, the Congolese Minister for Gender, Family and Children, and Marie Oniwa and Elsie Effange-Mbella, respectively Heads of the Sexual Violence and Gender Units of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO…
Official inauguration of Congolese National Police training center in Mugunga
Goma, 18 June 2012 – A sizeable delegation, made of national and provincial authorities, donors and United Nations officials, was in Mugunga, Nord-Kivu province, on Friday, 15 June 2012, for the official inauguration of the new training center for the Congolese National Police (PNC) there. The…
Children with disabilities in Kisangani plead for more assistance
Kisangani, 18 June 2012 - On the occasion of the African Child Day celebration in Kisangani, Province Orientale, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) brought gifts to schools and centers for children living with physical disabilities…
Day of the African child celebrated in Sange, Sud Kivu
Uvira, 18 June 2012 – On 16 June 2012, in Uvira territory, Sud Kivu, one thousand orphaned children celebrated the Day of the African child. The celebrations took place at the Usalama Institute in Sange, Ruzizi plain. Choosing the city of Sange to mark this day was not random. Indeed, in July 2010…
MONUSCO welcomes the surrender of a high-ranking FRPI militia leader
Bunia, 18 June 2012 – Mr M'Hand Ladjouzi, Ituri head of office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomed the surrender, on 16 June 2012, of Lieutenant Colonel Brice Bady Kasima also known as "Alpha bébé". He is one of the…
Celebration of International Day of the African Child in Goma
Goma, 21 June 2012 - For this year's International Day of the African Child, more than 300 children gathered at the Youth Center in Goma, Nord-Kivu province, to celebrate in their own special way a day that is dedicated to their cause. The theme for this year's celebration was "The obligation to…
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25 Congolese officers and noncommissioned officers trained on sexual violence in Kisangani
Kisangani, 19 June 2012 – From 16 to 20 June 2012, Twenty five officers and non-commissioned officers of the FARDC 9th Region gathered in Kisangani, Province Orientale, in the framework of a continuous training of trainers in the prevention of sexual violence and protection of civilians. The 25…
An open-door day on Justice in Ituri
Bunia, 23 June 2012 – The Justice Support section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the authorities of the Ituri district, Province Orientale, organized an open day in Bunia on 23 June 2012 to help restore…