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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
Martin Kobler Head of MONUSCO in Goma: “New attacks on Goma will not go unpunished”
Goma, 24 August 2013 – Fire fight resumed early this morning between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the rebel Movement of March 23 (M23) at Kibati (15km from Goma) in Nyiragongo territory. Two (2) mortar bombs fired by M23 landed at NDOSHO quarter in the town of…
Martin Kobler Head of MONUSCO deplores the death of two demonstrators in Goma
Goma, 24 August 2013 – The head of MONUSCO deplores the death of two civilians who were killed in demonstrations in Goma on Saturday (24 August 2013) and has called for a joint inquiry by the DRC Police (PNC) and MONUSCO's Police Cell, UNPOL. In the mean time fighting continues between FARDC and the…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns killing of UN Peacekeeper by M23
Kinshasa, 28 August 2013 – A Peacekeeper was killed on 28 August as the M23 directed artillery fire on a United Nations position close to Kibati heights north of Goma. The attack occurred as MONUSCO supported action by the FARDC to push the M23 off the heights from where they have been shelling Goma…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns killing of UN Peacekeeper by M23
Kinshasa, 28 August 2013 – A Peacekeeper was killed on 28 August as the M23 directed artillery fire on a United Nations position close to Kibati heights north of Goma. The attack occurred as MONUSCO supported action by the FARDC to push the M23 off the heights from where they have been shelling Goma…
MONUSCO Chief travels to North Kivu for second time amid bomb shelling on Goma
Goma, 26 August 2013 - Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo wound up a three-day visit to Goma on 26 August 2013. The mission was undertaken a day after a bomb shell launched by M23 elements fell on the city of Goma…
MONUSCO builds clean drinking water fountain for the local population in Bunia
Bunia, 27 August 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) officially handed on Monday 26 August 2013 to local authorities in Bunia, district of Ituri, a safe drinking water fountain built to facilitate access to clean drinking water in this district. The fountain, built…
The United Nations Deputy-High Commissioner for Human Rights’ visits to Ituri
Bunia, 26 August 2013 – Within the framework of the working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 22 to 28 August 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Flavia Pansieri visited the district of Ituri, Eastern province from 24 to 26 August 2013 to assess the human…
MONUSCO rehabilitates and extends prison cell for office of prosecutor in Bunia
Bunia, 27 August 2013 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) officially handed the prison cell of the prosecutor's office in Bunia, Eastern province to local judicial authorities on Tuesday, 27 August 2013, after completing rehabilitation and…
Update on the security situation in Goma
Goma, 29 August 2013 - The Head of Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO) in North Kivu province, Ray Torres Virgilio, and the spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), Colonel Olivier Hamuli, updated the local and…
The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region on official visit to Goma
Goma, 2 September 2013 – The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson, arrived in Goma, North-Kivu province, on Monday, 2 September 2013. Mrs. Robinson is on a joint regional mission, which she will conduct with other Special Envoys from the…
MONUSCO participates to inter-communal reconciliation at Mweka, Western Kasaï
Kananga, 3 September 2013 – A team of the Civil Affairs section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) visited the territory of Mweka, Western Kasai, from 16 to 21 August 2013 on a mission aimed to advance the reconciliation and peace process…
UN envoys urge renewed talks between M23, DR Congo Government
5 September 2013 – Top United Nations officials focusing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo are today in the Ugandan capital of Kampala attending talks with regional leaders meant to reenergize peace efforts between the Congolese Government and M23 rebels. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General…