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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
MONUSCO rescues victims of railway accident in Katanga
Kinshasa - 25 April 2014. United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo reports a train of the Congolese Railway Network known as SNCC derailed on 22 April 2014, near Katongola bridge, about fifty kilometers away from Kamina, the administrative capital of Haut-Lomami…
Young People in Katanga offer Peace Trophy to Martin Kobler and Mary Robinson
In Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga province, a youth movement offered a trophy of merit to Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DR Congo, and to Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, for their efforts toward peace…
MONUSCO puts a good performance at the 41st edition of UN Inter-Agency Games
New York, 27 April 2014 - MONUSCO teamed up with UNON, the United Nations Office in Nairobi, to win first place in golf after beating 12 other teams at the 41st United Nations Inter-Agency Games (IAG) in New York. MONUSCO also showed its prowess by finishing 2nd in volleyball and 3rd in swimming…
Volunteering on Congolese roads
It is at the wheel of a MONUSCO 6x6 truck that Sergio Guerra has been assigned as a UNV Convoy Leader. His volunteer work is not common: travel around Congo and neighboring countries to deliver cargos to all MONUSCO bases. With the soul of a backpacker, Sergio has combined his passion for driving…
Uruguayan peacekeepers launch soccer schools in Pinga and Goma
Soccer School for all children, vulnerable, disabled, orphans etc is an initiative from MONUSCO Uruguayans peacekeepers . This idea came up when they started playing the game with children in the remote area of Pinga. The program started thanks to the support of Uruguayan and Spanish friends and…
Lake Kivu
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, deplores loss of lives in a shipwreck on Lake Kivu. MONUSCO mobilized in support of the victims. Kinshasa, 05 May 2014 – “It is with a very heavy heart that I learned today’s shipwreck on Lake Kivu. My thoughts are with the families of the victims and those still…
MONUSCO reacts to Minova ruling
Kinshasa, 05 May 2014: MONUSCO takes note of the ruling that was passed on Monday 5 May in Goma by the “Cour militaire opérationnelle du Nord-Kivu” (Military Operational Court of North-Kivu) against 39 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), who were charged…
MONUSCO peacekeepers rescue 14 people from a sinking boat on Lake Kivu
For several days waves had been crashing on Goma shore, when on the evening of 5th May an Uruguayan naval patrol picked up weak signals from a passenger ferryboat probably in difficulty soon confirmed by the Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (UAS) team. The images sent by the UAV (drone) showed that a…
Bukavu: Reflections on how to improve living conditions in South-Kivu prisons
Bukavu, 8 May 2014: Justice Provincial Division organized, in partnership with the NGO “Justice and Democracy”/RCN and MONUSCO, a workshop that brought together prisons warders in the South-Kivu province to facilitate exchange of experiences between senior prisons management, to reinforce the…
Bukavu: Capacity-building for 30 FARDC Officers
South-Kivu, 09 May 2014 - MONUSCO organized between 23rd April - 07 May 2014, in Bukavu, a training for the officers of the 10th Military region of the DRC Armed Forces on new combat tactics, intelligence, information systems as well as on the role and function of the Military top management. For…
MONUSCO donates two vehicles to Uvira Local Administration
Uvira, 08 May 14 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Uvira donated two vehicles Toyota Land cruiser made to Uvira territorial Administration and a local hospital, in a ceremony attended by MONUSCO/Uvira chief and the territorial…
A Forum for Civil Society’s Consultation and Dialogue set up in Equateur Province
Mbandaka, 12 May 2014 – Civil Society Associations in Equateur province convened a workshop between 9 and 10 May 2014 in Mbandaka during which they set up a Framework for Consultations and Dialogue with a view to enhancing cohesion among them and to enable them to speak with one voice. Organized by…