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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
VIDEO - Martin Kobler (MONUSCO) on DRC - Security Council Media Stakeout (14 January 2014)
14 Jan 2014 - Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo, DRC).
Equateur: UNHCR Rescues Repatriated Congolese Nationals from CAR
Zongo, 8 January 2014 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently constructed two shelters for Congolese nationals repatriated from the Central African Republic in Zongo, a city located at the far North-western part of the Equateur Province, some 980 km from the provincial…
MONUSCO Assists Province Orientale in the Resolution of Unarmed Conflicts
Kisangani, 9 January 2014 – on Thursday 9 January 2014 in Kisangani, MONUSCO concluded a workshop on the resolution of unarmed conflict between communities in Province Oriental. The workshop was organized by the MONUSCO Civil Affairs section in collaboration with the provincial Ministry of Interior…
Fraudulent use of MONUSCO truck in Goma
Kinshasa, 10 January 2014 - MONUSCO is aware of a photo being circulated on the internet showing a MONUSCO truck in Goma during a demonstration.
UNSE for the Great Lakes Region visits DRC before her participation at the ICGLR in Luanda, Angola
Kinshasa, 13 January 2014. Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes today emphasized the importance of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PCS) Framework and urged all signatories to abide by their commitments. During a two-day visit to the Democratic Republic…
Head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, strongly condemns attack by Mayi Mayi Cheka in Pinga
Kinshasa, 14 January 2014: The Head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, strongly condemned the attack carried by Mayi Mayi Cheka against Pinga, 80 kilometers northeast of Walikale, North Kivu province, on the evening of Monday, 13 January. The FARDC retaliated and chased the armed group from the village…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO shaken by terrible explosion in Mbuji-Mayi
The Head of MONUSCO Martin Kobler today expressed “his deep sadness by the loss of lives caused by an explosion at an ammunition depot in a military barrack in Mbuji-Mayi on Friday 24 thJanuary”. Over twenty people died, more than 50 injured and many houses destroyed by the blast, causing desolation…
Martin Kobler urges armed groups to allow humanitarian access to Manono area in Katanga
Kinshasa, 29 January 2014: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, is extremely concerned by the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) there are now 400…
MONUSCO: Sharing Experience on Project Management with Students of the Catholic University of Congo
On 18 December 2013, the Catholic University of Congo (UCC) organized a conference on the lessons learned from the management of MONUSCO-CPAD Quick Impact Project (QIP) during which 50 women were trained in IT, Marketing and English. It was held in Kinshasa from May to September 2013. The event also…
General Pascal Champion, of France, Arrives in Kinshasa to Take Over as New Head of MONUSCO Police
Kinshasa, 15 January 2014 – It is 17:15 this Wednesday in Kinshasa, when the new chief of the Police component of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Pascal Champion, a general of the French Gendarmerie, lands on Congolese soil. He is…
Martin Kobler: assault on UN peacekeepers in Bunia is unacceptable
Kinshasa, 03 February 2014: Early this morning, demonstrators in Bunia stoned several UN cars. Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, said “This kind of assault on civilians and on our staff is not acceptable, whatever the reason”. During the incidents a peacekeeper lost control of his car and received…