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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
Day of peace 2012 marked in Kisangani with speeches, town hall meeting and poems
Kisangani, 21 September 2012 - In Kisangani, Province Orientale, the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2012 was used as an opportunity to focus on the issue of peace, which is lacking dearly in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A town hall on the theme of "Peace in Eastern Congo…
The training of 500 PNC elements begins in Kapalata, province Orientale
Kisangani, 26 September 2012 – Five hundred police officers just started a training session at the Kapalata training centre in Kisangani, capital of province Orientale. On 26 September 2012, the opening ceremony was chaired by the interim Governor of the province, in the presence of several…
The population of Kananga supports peace consolidation in Kasaï Occidental
Kananga, 25 September 2012 – In partnership with Réseau Jeunes dans le Monde pour la Paix (RJMP) -- a youth network for peace -- and Jeunesse dynamique pour le developpement du Kasai -- a youth movement for development --, the United Nations joint office in Kananga, Kasaï Occidental, organized two…
MONUSCO backs mediation efforts between Bafuliru and Barundi communities in Uvira
Uvira, 28 September 2012 - A joint mission was undertaken on 28 September 2012 in the territory of Uvira by the head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese Minister for Home Affairs, Security and Customary Affairs…
UN staff inducted on HIV/AIDS in the DRC
Kinshasa, 27 September 2012 - The HIV/AIDS Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized the first session of its HIV awareness program for United Nations staff on 20 September. This sensitization program is in compliance…
298 DRC police officers complete a long-term training programme
Goma, 5 October 2012 – Two hundred and ninety eight trainees from different localities of the Nord Kivu province, including 14 women, completed a six-month training program on 2 October. Organized as part of the Congolese national police force (PNC) reform initiative, the training took place in the…
MONUSCO rehabilitates the Baraka-Fizi-Minembwe road (135 km) in Sud Kivu
Uvira, 3 October 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) handed over the newly rehabilitated Baraka-Fizi-Minembwe road to the DRC Roads Authority on 19 September 2012. The 22 km-long stretch was renovated by MONUSCO's Chinese…
ICGLR Military Assessment Team visits Sud Kivu
Bukavu, 27 September 2012 – A Military Assessment Team from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) visited Sud Kivu on 27 September 2012 to assess the capacities and strength of local and foreign armed groups present in that province. The military assessment team was led by…
MONUSCO equips the court of Kananga with computer equipment
Kananga, 4 October 2012 – The Justice Support section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Kananga, Kasaï Occidental, organized a ceremony, during which it officially handed over computer kits to the Kananga Court of Appeal and…
University lecturers of the Great Lakes Region meet in Goma
Goma, 5 October 2012 – More than 50 University lecturers from Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met during a two-day conclave, 2 to 4 October, to discuss their possible contribution to peace building efforts within the sub-region. This meeting was held during a…
A year after its inauguration, the Bunyakiri prison is still not operational
Bukavu, 4 October 2012 - On 4 October 2012, a joint team of officials of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), members responsible for coordinating the Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan (STAREC), representatives of United Nations…
Workshop on prioritizing conflicts requiring urgent action in Kalemie, Katanga province
Kalemie, 19 October 2012 - The Civil Affairs office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kalemie, on 18 October 2012, conducted a workshop on the mapping of conflicts in this territory of Katanga province that need urgent or…