Body
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 Rehabilitates and Equips Lwira Natural Sciences Research Center
Bukavu, 22 July 2013 – MONUSCO officially turned over to the South-Kivu provincial authorities the keys for the newly rehabilitated building to host the Lwiro Natural Sciences Research Center, in the territory of Kabare, on 20 July, in a ceremony attended by the provincial Governor and chief of…
Inauguration of MONUSCO-built Fence Wall for a Primary School in Bunia
Bunia, 23 July 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated Friday 19 July, a fence wall built for Andisoma primary school, in the city of Bunia, Eastern Province. It is a 40-meter long wall, with two gates at the main…
MONUSCO involved in restoration of State authority in the interior of Oriental Province
Kisangani, 23 July 2013 - In Oriental Province, a judicial delegation visited, between 11 and 16 July, the town of Ango, located in its namesake territory of Ango, 600 km north of the provincial capital, Kisangani, to evaluate possible sites to locate the newly created court of peace for the…
Goma: MONUSCO Head of Office meets delegates from different segments of North Kivu population
Goma, 22 July 2013 - All through the week, from 16 to 19 July, the new MONUSCO Head of Office in North Kivu, Mr. Ray Virgilo Torres, had a series of meetings with local opinion leaders that were dominated by security concerns due to the resumption since 14 July of fighting between the M23 movement…
Goma: MONUSCO Head of Office meets delegates from different segments of North Kivu population
Goma, 22 July 2013 - All through the week, from 16 to 19 July, the new MONUSCO Head of Office in North Kivu, Mr. Ray Virgilo Torres, had a series of meetings with local opinion leaders that were dominated by security concerns due to the resumption since 14 July of fighting between the M23 movement…
MONUSCO denounces serious abuses by M23, calls for humanitarian access
Kinshasa, 27 July 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, is highly alarmed over the allegations of killings, forced recruitment and illegal detention of civilians by the March 23 Movement, M23. MONUSCO has received credible reports…
MONUSCO Deploys to Support Security Zone in Goma - Sake Area
Kinshasa, 30 July 2013 – In North Kivu, MONUSCO considers any individuals who are not members of the national security forces and who carries a firearm in Goma and its northern suburbs an imminent threat to civilians and will disarm them in order to enforce a security zone to protect the densely…
Goma: Force Intervention Brigade Commander Brigadier General James MWAKILOBWA Speaks to Press
Goma, 31 July 2013 - Speaking to Radio Okapi and international media journalists in Goma, eastern DR Congo on 25 July 2013, Brigadier General James MWAKILOBWA, Commander of the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) said the FIB was already at work though not yet fully operational. Taking place at…
North-Kivu Brigade receive training on maintenance and restoration of law and order
Goma, 31 July 2013 - 33 Indian peacekeepers of North-Kivu Brigade have been undergoing 10-day training on the maintenance and restoration of law and order since Monday 29 July. The training has received technical support from MONUSCO Police in Goma. As part of the North-Kivu Brigades' capacity…
MONUSCO Force Commander Speaks To the Press in Goma
Goma, 1 August 2013 – The MONUSCO Force Commander General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz told journalists in Goma on Thursday that the measure establishing a security zone in the Goma-Sake area aims to protect over one million people living in the area. In a press briefing held a few hours before…
Training and Awareness Session for Human Rights Activists in Bunia
Bunia, 03 August 2013 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office organized from 30 through 31 July 2013 in Bunia a capacity-building workshop for human rights activists in the district of Ituri. About twenty people including four women took part in the training on the professional ethics that…
Goma: MONUSCO Donates USD 25,000 Worth of Medical Equipment to Local Hospital
Goma, 03 Augiust 2013 - As part of its Quick Impact Projects programme, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on 30 July donated a batch of medical equipment items to the "Charite maternelle" hospital in Goma for the neonatal ward. Worth US$ 25,000, the batch of medical…