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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
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO organizes forensic doctors’ capacity-building to deal with cases of sexual violences
Kalemie, 13 November - The United Nations Joint Human Right Office in Kalemie organized a capacity-building workshop on a forensic guide for dealing with sexual violence attended by twenty medical doctors in Tanganyika including 5 women. Financed by a British organization known as UKaid within the…
Women candidates in the South-Kivu province are bracing for upcoming elections
South-Kivu, 11 November 2015 – MONUSCO Gender Section in the South-Kivu province, in partnership with a Congolese female legal experts’ Association, organized on 11 November 2015, a round table on how to “assist a larger number of women candidates in the South-Kivu during the upcoming elections”…
“I am thirty percent Congolese” - Lt-General Dos Santos Cruz
Goma, 13 November 2015 – This sentiment was expressed by MONUSCO Force Commander on the eve of his departure from the DRC and Goma, where he established the Force headquarters upon arriving in June 2013; attributing over thirty per cent of his citizenship to Brazil, his home land and the remaining…
Arrival in Kinshasa of Maman Sambo Sidikou, new Head of MONUSCO
Kinshasa, 18 November 2015 – The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC and Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, arrived in Kinshasa on Monday 16 November 2015. Mr. Sidikou of Niger, replaces the outing Head of the UN Mission in the DRC, Martin Kobler of Germany, whose…
MONUSCO trains trainers of the Congolese National Police (PNC)
In Kalemie, Tanganyika province, MONUSCO held, from 14 October to 14 November, a training session for 37 PNC officers on “communication; the trainer and the adult trainee; pedagogical methods and means; and the organization and facilitation of a training activity.” This training, delivered as a…
The 15th anniversary of Resolution 1325 celebrated in Bunia
Bunia, 07 November 2015 – Some 120 invited people attended the celebration marking 15 years since the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in situations of armed conflict. The celebration was an opportunity to take stock of the actions undertaken by - and…
MONUSCO organizes training for Congolese police on how to secure the electoral process
Uvira, 26 November 2015 – This 2nd training and refresher course for the Congolese National Police Force, PNC in the French acronym held in the territory of Uvira, South-Kivu province, started on Monday 23 November 2015; it was initiated and organized by the United Nations Civil Police “MONUSCO…
Official launch of 16-day activism against violence to women
Dungu, 25 November 2015: the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) through its Human Rights Section and partners officially launched on Tuesday 25 November 2015, a 16-day activism against violence to women; in attendance, the representative…
French Ambassador to the DRC applauds MONUSCO’s action
Beni, 26 November 2015: French Ambassador to the DRC, Alain Remy, paid a working visit to Beni/ North-Kivu province, on 26 November 2015, to enquire about the security situation in that area. Upon his arrival in Beni, Alain Remy respectively met with MONUSCO and local government officials. “ I heard…
ADF attacks in Makembi and Eringeti
Maman S. Sidikou, Head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns the ADF attacks against civilians, FARDC and MONUSCO bases in Makembi and Eringeti Kinshasa, 30 November 2015 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Democratic republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of MONUSCO…
MONUSCO Kisangani backs the organization of mobile courts hearing
Kisangani, 27 November 2015 – With logistic and technical supports from MONUSCO Justice Correction unit, the high courts of Kisangani and Yangambi, Tshopo province organized mobile courts hearings, starting 19 November 2015 in the prison court of Kisangani. The mobile court hearings would help to…