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The development of youth entrepreneurship is an important lever for consolidating peace. Photos MONUSCO / James Nzabara
The United Nations has long considered the creative imagination, ideals and energy of young people to be essential to the continued development of the peaceful societies in which they live.
The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, Bruno Lemarquis, visited the Kabembe IDP site in Kalemie territory (Tanganyika) on 18 June. Photo MONUSCO/Dali Ten Hove
While on a working visit to Tanganyika province since 17 June 2022, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in DRC, Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator, Bruno Lemarquis, said that MONUSCO’s withdrawal from Tanganyika prov
As part of its support to the media and quick impact projects (QIP), MONUSCO has provided five local radio stations with complete solar panel kits. Photos MONUSCO / Ado Abdou
The officers of the Beni prison are delighted to be able to work with more modern tools. Photos MONUSCO / Joël Bofengo
All records of inmates in Beni's central prison will soon be digitized. To enable the prison staff to properly use these new tools, MONUSCO's Corrections Unit has been holding a three-day training session for them since June 16, 2022.
Activism by local and foreign armed groups, customary power struggles and land disputes are believed to be at the root of hate messages, says the UNJHRO. Photo MONUSCO / Archives
"We, young people, must change our mentality. We must not give in to politicians' whims, as they get us nowhere. Our future depends on it. When you see the worthlessness of a message, you know there is no point in sharing it.
This five-month project is being implemented by the local NGO Cooperative of Women Living Around and on Mining Sites, COFEVAM. Photos MONUSCO
Twenty or so women farmers were given market garden kits on Friday 10 June 2022 in Nyiragongo, in the Rutshuru territory, by the NGO COFEVAM, with the financial support of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO).
The UNJHRO of MONUSCO in Bunia had this building constructed and equipped so that the Provincial Coordination of the CNDH now has an address and is visible. Photos MONUSCO / Jean-Tobie Okala
"Before, we had a very small room within the premises of a community radio station where we were suffocated, with five people stuck in a very small room. Imagine the climate in which we could work.
The main objective of this project is to make justice accessible to the population of the city of Goma. Photos MONUSCO / Marylène Seguy
As part of its mandate to support Congolese state institutions, MONUSCO, through its Justice Support Section, launched on Monday 13 June 2022 the construction project of a building for the public prosecution office at the Goma Peace Court.
The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO director), Abdoul Aziz Thioye, called for strengthening mechanisms to prevent, combat and punish hate speech in the DRC. Photo MONUSCO / Blaise Ndongala
In recent months, there has been a proliferation of what can be described as hate speech, not only against foreigners but also between Congolese citizens of different ethnic backgrounds.