UN
United Nations Peacekeeping
General Evariste Kakule Somo, Governor of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, was the first to speak on May 28, 2025, in Beni — the provisional provincial capital — on the eve of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, celebrated annually
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The peacekeepers carry out day and night patrols alongside the FARDC to guarantee the safety of displaced people.
A four-storey building under construction collapsed in Bunia on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at around 2 p.m., near the provincial governorate.
MONUSCO's mandate includes strengthening public institutions, supporting the judicial system, combating impunity and consolidating the rule of law.
The recently reopened Dzudda market had been closed since 2022 due to inter-community violence between Hema and Lendu.
For several years now, Congolese soldiers have regularly taken part in MONUSCO training courses on combat tactics, explosive ordnance disposal and civilian protection.
The aim of this project is to replace weapons with farming tools, with the emphasis on profitable cultivation.
MONUSCO facilitators also presented community protection tools such as the Community Alert Network (CAN) and Local Protection Committees (LPC).
Thirty young people from various Bunia neighborhoods took part in a two-month first-aid training course organized in partnership with Bunia's general referral hospital.