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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
Celebration of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Western Kasai
Kananga, 26 June 2013 – In Kananga, the provincial capital of Western Kasai, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was celebrated on Wednesday, 26 June 2013, with a workshop for human rights activists organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office. The presentations were…
The United Nations welcome that « Criminalization of torture in the DRC is moving forward »
Kinshasa/Geneva 9 July 2013 – Two years after the enactment of the law criminalizing torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) welcomes progress in the fight against this scourge and the first convictions of state agents who have practiced or encouraged the use of torture in the…
MONUSCO celebrates arrival of Optional Protocol to Economic, Cultural and Social Rights
Beni, 8 July 2013 - As part of the activities commemorating the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHR) in Beni, in collaboration with local academic authorities, held a…
Through its Quick Impact Projects, MONUSCO builds fence for police headquarters in Beni, North Kivu
Beni, 8 July 2013 – On 5 July, the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Beni, officially handed over to the National Police a fence built for its headquarters in this town located in the northern part of North Kivu province. The fence is…
MONUSCO to intensify patrols in the northern towns and surrounding areas of North
Beni, 10 July 2013 – General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, Force Commander for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), along with MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade commander, and Ray Vigilio Torres, MONUSCO Head of Office in North Kivu, travelled to Beni, a…
MONUSCO rehabilitates two public buildings in Eastern Kasaï
Mbuji-Mayi, 8 July 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) rehabilitated two public buildings, including an elementary school and a court house, in the province of Eastern Kasaï. Both projects were handed over to the provincial authorities in an…
MONUSCO expresses deep concern over M-23 attack and warns against any action that will threaten Goma
Kinshasa, 14 July 2013 –In the afternoon of 14 July, heavy fighting broke out in Mutaho, 8 km NW of Goma, after an FARDC position in the locality was attacked by a significant group of the M-23. The attack occurred after the M23 had reinforced its positions around Kibati, close to Mutaho, earlier in…
MONUSCO expresses deep concern over M-23 attack and warns against any action that will threaten Goma
Kinshasa, 14 July 2013 –In the afternoon of 14 July, heavy fighting broke out in Mutaho, 8 km NW of Goma, after an FARDC position in the locality was attacked by a significant group of the M-23. The attack occurred after the M23 had reinforced its positions around Kibati, close to Mutaho, earlier in…
MONUSCO repels ADF ambush on its troops
Kinshasa, 15 July 2013 – Following reports of human rights abuses by ADF against civilians in Kamango district near Beni in North Kivu, a UN patrol comprising of Nepalese and Jordanian troops was sent to assess the security situation in the area and address concerns related to the protection of…
MONUSCO encourages Rwanda to work with the E-JVM to investigate reported “bombings”
Kinshasa, 17 July 2013 – Yesterday government sources in Rwanda, reflected in national and international media, reported on "deliberate bombings" of Rwandan territory that would have originated from the DRC. MONUSCO, while on high alert in view of the intense fighting triggered by M-23 attacks on…
General dos Santos Cruz’s visit to MONUSCO’s sector 2 in Kisangani
Kisangani, 19 July 2013 – The MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos since Cruz, visited MONUSCO sector 2 troops in Kisangani on 17 July 2013. The visit, his first here since officially assuming that function, was one of reconnaissance and making contact with the MONUSCO troops…
In Western Kasai, MONUSCO hands over renovated public building to provincial officials
Kananga, 19 July 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), through its Human Rights section, officially handed over the key to the Children's Courthouse to the provincial authorities today, after renovating the building as part of its quick impact projects. The…