Given the possible deterioration of the security situation in Burundi in light of the recent development on the upcoming presidential election, with the string of the massive flow of the persons fleeing Burundi to the neighboring countries, including the DRC’s territories of Uvira and Fizi in the South Kivu province, there is much commotion among the Congolese authorities and within the United Nations where the situation in Burundi is closely…
«The role of media in election periods”: this was the main theme discussed in Buta, Bas-Uélé, Oriental Province, by the representative of the Public Information Office of MONUSCO, on the side-lines of the workshop on human rights and elections, held from 20 to 23 April. This training took place at the headquarters of the Radio communautaire orientale (RACOR) and was attended by three media operating in Buta. The representative of the Public…
South Kivu, 22 April 2015 — In Bukavu, the Civil Affairs section of MONUSCO brought together State and Non-State actors, including humanitarian agencies, for a three-day workshop starting from Wednesday 22 April 2015, to analyze risks associated with community conflicts and to plan appropriate actions. Twenty-five members from the aforementioned structures took part in this workshop. According to the Civil Affairs section of MONUSCO, the workshop…
Uvira, 22 April 2015 – A real pedagogic day organized on Wednesday 22 April 2015 for 41 female students and pre-finalists students (5th year secondary school) of the high school Umoja Uvira in the South Kivu province at the headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC MONUSCO/Uvira. The purpose of the “informative session” was to update the high school students on the activities of the United Nations Organization (UN)…
Bukavu, 22 April 2015 —MONUSCO/DDRRR explained the goals and objectives of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement (DDRRR) process as well as related activities to the students of the University Simon Kimbangu on Wednesday 22 April 2015 in a conference debate that brought together fifty students from the different fields of this academic institution. In a pedagogic move, Anatole Clément Banem of the DDRRR…
In Kisangani, the administrative town of the Eastern Province, Public Information Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) held on Thursday 23 April 2015, a working and informative session with a team of students’ Coordination for the Higher and University Education (CREEESU). The purpose of the meeting that brought together twenty students from 15 Higher and University Establishments in the…
Uvira, 21 April 2015 – The new UNSC Resolution on the DRC voted on 26 March 2015 extending MONUSCO’s mandate was explained to ISTM Uvira students in the South Kivu province. 250 students took part in the session to learn about the origins and the activities of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo. Initially, the country was torn apart by protracted wars; with the help of MONUC later on renamed MONUSCO in June…
South Kivu, 20 April 2015 – MONUSCO handed over the completed Training Center for Vocational Trades Learning and Community Reintegration Project to local authorities in Shabunda on Friday 17 April 2015. Located in the chiefdom of Bakisi, the center was built by MONUSCO in the framework of the community stabilization and violence reduction project. The center has training rooms, and the first 389 beneficiaries have been provided as reintegration…
Uvira, 21 April 2015 – An awareness campaign to educate local young leaders about criminal offences ended in Uvira, South Kivu province, on Tuesday 21 April 2015. The campaign, which included five sessions, was organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), in partnership with the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the Main Court of Uvira and the Territorial Youth Council (CTJ), with the financial support of the Public Information…
In a ceremony held in Kinshasa on Friday 17 April 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Police component (UNPOL) of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the « Project for the Professionalization the Police for the Population and Peace », P4P in acronym. The ceremony took place at the Liaison…