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The two deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, in charge of protection and operations, and Bruno Lemarquis, humanitarian and resident coordinator, were on mission to South Kivu…
In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public Information office…
It is with students and their teachers that the International Day of Peace observed on September 21 of each year was commemorated this Wednesday in Ituri. In Bunia first, the Bangladeshi blue helmets brought together around…
Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in exchange for huge financial promises. After 4 years of a life of violence, he surrendered to MONUSCO…
“ Thanks to MONUSCO peacekeepers we have settled here. They protect us. The day they leave here, we will also have to move to avoid being killed by the Codecos,” said a displaced woman from the Djaiba camp, in the Walendu…
The Mission’s Child Protection Section (CPS) in the DRC announced on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Bunia, Ituri, it had facilitated the withdrawal of 235 children from armed groups in this province. These children had been…
From January 1 to September 6, 2022, fifty-one (51) armed groups’ combatants voluntarily surrendered to MONUSCO base in Minembwe, South Kivu, with 31 AK-47 weapons. This is the result of the robust sensitization carried out…
- Action Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)
A new report has revealed how projects supported by a UN trust fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel are helping victims to regain their dignity, learn new skills, and improve their livelihoods…
The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2641 (2022) on the notification regime for the purchase of arms in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), adopted on June 30, 2021, gave rise to a wave of reactions among the…
" Today, thinking about restoring the trust means the trust has been lost following some events, some disappointments," said the Mayor of Bukavu, Meschac Bilubi Ulengabo, while welcoming his guests at a brainstorming workshop…
“For those who still remember, Peacekeepers used to be present in several places in the country. Currently, they are in a few provinces only. MONUSCO is only present in 14 or 15 out of the 145 territories DRC has”. The head…
Conscious of the existence of this scourge and its negative impact in such a volatile context faced by the DRC in general and Ituri in particular, the provincial bureau of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), with…