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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
Towards a peaceful resolution of community conflicts in Kasaï Oriental
Mbuji Mayi, 27 January 2012 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Office organized a two-day meeting with the Provincial Ministry of Interior and the civil society on conflict resolution in Kasaï Oriental. The conflict…
MONUSCO on a public-awareness campaign about its mandate
Kinshasa, 1 February 2012 – On 31 January 2012 in Kinshasa, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), through its Office of Public Information, organized an information and awareness-raising session on its mandate. The objective of the…
Hervé Ladsous visits eastern DRC after Kinshasa
Goma, 27 January 2012 - Following his arrival in Kinshasa on 24 January 2012, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, traveled to Goma, the capital of Nord Kivu province, on 27 January, with Roger Meece, the Special Representative of the United Nations…
Hervé Ladsous meets with opposition leaders in Congo
Kinshasa, 26 January 2012 – On the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, met with the leaders of opposition parties in Congo to discuss issues relating to human rights and the on-going electoral process in the…
About 1000 internally displaced persons around MONUSCO base in Goma
Goma, 16 January 2012 – The Ntoto built-up area located at around 200 km northwest of Goma in Walikale territory now looks like a ghost town. The villagers have fled their homes to take refuge around the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Interview with the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Kinshasa, 24 January 2012 – During his official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr Hervé Ladsous, made the following statement in an interview with Radio Okapi, which is the radio of the United Nations Organization Stabilization…
USG for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, on official visit to D.R. Congo
Kinshasa, 24 January 2012 - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, will be making an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) starting this Tuesday, 24 January 2012. During the four-day visit, his first to the DRC since his…
Shasha camp IDPs face malaria outbreak
Goma, 13 January 2012 – In their already dire living conditions, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Shasha camp, Masisi terriroty, in Nord Kivu province, are now facing another difficulty: malaria. But it wasn't until many of them experienced severe symptoms of the disease that they thought of…
MONUSCO Peacekeepers Rehabilitate Medical School in Uvira, Eastern DRC
Uvira, 13 January 2012 – Under a project expected to bring lasting benefits to the population of Sud Kivu, UN peacekeepers based in the area undertook the rehabilitation of the Uvira medical school, a major center of education in the province. The project was recently completed and handed over to…
MONUSCO trains prison staff in Ituri, Province Orientale
Aru, 19 December 2011 – In its efforts to support Congolese authorities in the promotion of rule of law, the Corrections Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) designed and conducted a series of training sessions for prison staff…
Peacekeepers assist internally displaced population of Kimua
Goma, 3 January 2012 - The locality of Waloa Yungu, in Walikale territory, some 100 kilometers northwest of Goma, capital of Nord-Kivu province, is now looking like a ghost town. Regular fighting between rival armed groups has displaced hundreds of people, bringing to a halt local economic activity…
Rutshuru youth leaders award MONUSCO a prize of excellence for its peace efforts
Goma, 31 December 2011 – A local youth association known as Umoja Cargo, awarded the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) a prize of excellence for its peace efforts in the Nord-Kivu territory of Rutshuru. The prize, which was symbolically…