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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
Visitor's Lounge for Makala Inmates
Kinshasa, 26 May 2011 – As a prelude to the celebration of Peacekeepers' Day this year, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic of Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated a visitor's hall at the Makala central prison in Kinshasa. The $23,682 hall was constructed with funds from MONUSCO's…
MONUSCO denounces fraudulant use of UN Mission and UNSC's Names
Kinshasa 15 March 2011 - It has been brought to the attention of the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (MONUSCO) that some individuals have been using the name of both the United Nations Security Council and MONUSCO to fraudulently obtain…
Over 1800 FDLR armed rebels in DR Congo surrender to UN peacekeepers in 2010
Goma, 03 February 2011 - Last year 1881 rebel combatants from the militia group known as the FDLR - the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda - opted for voluntary surrender and disarmament to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO. Today the…
Roger Meece visits Congolese National Police Training Center “PNC” in Kapalata
Kisangani, 7 December 2010 – Roger Meece, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) today visited the Kapalata training center (8 km north of Kisangani, Eastern province) where about 500 newly recruited members of the…
Roger Meece visits the MONUSCO base at Rwindi following the 23 October attack
Kinshasa, 1 November 2010 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece paid a visit to North Kivu this Saturday, 30 October 2010. The Special Representative visited the locality of Rwindi situated in the territory of…
MONUSCO Introduces New Methodology into Civil Conflicts Management in Sud-Kivu Province
Bukavu, 14 March 2012 – New collaborative methods on conflicts management were recently developed by the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the governor of Sud-Kivu. The new approach consists of classifying conflicts based on whether…
Mbuji-Mayi youth empowered to help preserve peace in Kasai Oriental province
Mbuji-Mayi, 25 February 2012 - Some 70 youths, including 19 girls, turned up at a workshop on child protection. The training course was organized in Mbuji-Mayi by the regional Human Rights section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on 23…
Radio Okapi trains Equateur journalists, extends its network
Mbandaka, 21 February 2012 – Radio Okapi, the radio of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), held in Mbandaka from 15 to 20 February, a refresher training workshop for community radio journalists of Equateur province. The NGO Fondation Hirondelle…
MONUSCO creates a mapping of local conflicts in Bas-Congo
Matadi, 22 February 2012 – On 22 and 23 February, the Civil Affairs Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized a workshop on local conflicts management. During these two days, MONUSCO officials, with representatives…
With MONUSCO care, a little girl is now back on her feet
Kisangani, 24 February 2012 – Little Bénédicte is now safe and sound. Bénédicte is the name of a little girl from Kisangani, capital of Province Orientale, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While on a field visit to the Kisangani nutrition centre, a team of the Office of Public Information of…
Leila Zerrougui in Nord Kivu to assess security situation
Goma, 1 March 2012 – The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, arrived in Goma, capital of Nord Kivu province on Thursday, 1st March for a working visit to assess the security and human rights…
Peacekeepers rescue displaced persons in Ntoto
Goma, 28 February 2012 – A fire erupted on 28 February at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ntoto, a village located about 50 km west of Walikale, in eastern Nord Kivu province. The makeshift IDP camp, which lies close to a peacekeeper base of the United Nations Stabilization Mission…