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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
Joint Statement by the Special Envoys for the Great Lakes on the FDLR
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russ Feingold, Special Representative of the African Union Boubacar Diarra, European Union Senior Coordinator for the Great…
Haut Uele: UNHCR bracing for return of Congolese refugees
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Dungu, district of Haut-Uele, Eastern Province, noticed since early 2014, a flow of Congolese refugees returning home from Makpandu camp, in the South Sudan, about 60 Km away from the Congolese border. Since 2008, progressive…
Press Release
Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, condemns the recent violence between communities in South Kivu and calls for the immediate end to the clashes. Kinshasa, 08 June 2014 - Violent clashes took place last Friday between the Bafuliru and Barundi/Banyamulenge communities in Uvira, South Kivu province…
MONUSCO trains Uvira’s young people in non-violent conflict resolution
In Uvira, South Kivu province, around 30 young leaders from different local communities began on Wednesday 4 June 2014 a two-day training workshop on intercommunity conflict resolution The training took place at Shekina House and was organized by the Political Affairs section of the United Nations…
MONUSCO participates in land-related conflict resolution in Ituri
Bunia, 4-5 June 2014 – A workshop on land-related inter-communal conflict resolution was facilitated by the UN Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) in Bunia, the administrative center of Ituri, Eastern Province attended by traditional leaders and other local officials. Altogether 33 participants…
Press Release
Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, calls for restoration of calm on the border between the DRC and Rwanda Kinshasa, 11 June 2014: Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, is concerned by the clashes which took place on 11 June between Congolese and Rwandan armed forces in the border area of Kibumba. He calls on…
South-Kivu: 83 FDLR lay down weapons and surrender with dependents on a voluntary basis
Bukavu, 10 June 2014 - 83 FDLR members arrived at Kigoggo on 6 June 2014 to surrender and lay down weapons on a voluntary basis after several day-walks. They showed up at MONUSCO’s office along with 225 dependents including 166 children and 59 women. They laid down 83 weapons including 8 heavy ones…
La MONUSCO évalue la sécurité à Mutarule après les récentes violences interethniques meurtrières
Uvira, 10 juin 2014 - Une équipe pluridisciplinaire de la MONUSCO s’est rendue jeudi 10 juin à Mutarule, dans le territoire d’Uvira, dans la province du Sud Kivu, pour y évaluer la situation sécuritaire et humanitaire après les affrontements intercommunautaires survenus dans cette localité dans la…
MONUSCO assesses security situation in Mutarule after recent violent inter-ethnic clashes
Uvira, 10 June 2014 – An inter-disciplinary MONUSCO team travelled to Mutarule on Thursday 10 June, in the territory of Uvira, South Kivu province to assess the security and humanitarian situations after the inter-communal clashes that erupted there on the night of 6 - 7 June 2014 that left 33 dead…
UN helps civil society in Ituri organize debriefing of national forum in Kinshasa
Bunia, 11 June 2014 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), through its Civil Affairs sections, assisted civil society organizations in Bunia, Ituri in organizing a debriefing workshop of a national forum held in Kinshasa from 10 to 11 June 2014…
MONUSCO retrains 28 Judiciary Police Officers in Uvira
13 June 2014: MONUSCO Police organized a 5-day re-training session on judiciary police techniques for Judiciary Police Officers in Uvira, South-Kivu province that ended on 13 June 2014 The retraining session, attended by 28 Judiciary Police Officers of the Congolese National Police force (PNC), was…
Martin Kobler in Mutarule,DRC’s South-Kivu province to comfort local population inter-ethnic clashes
Mutarule, 20 June 2014 - Martin Kobler, accompanied by UN French delegation travelled to Mutarule, in the Ruzizi plain, South-Kivu province on 20 June 2014 to encourage local communities to resolve inter-ethnic conflicts through dialogue after violent inter-ethnic clashes that left 33 civilian…