Photo: Alberto Mbuwa/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 6 September 2011 – A two-day training workshop for leaders of political parties and civil society organizations, as well as women leaders and media professionals took place in Equateur Province on 6 September 2011. Organized by the Political Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), and chaired by the Acting Governor a of Equateur province, Dr. Bruno…
Photo: Emmanuel Tombo Tombola Bandundu, 29 August 2011 – A three-day training session for 55 elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Bandundu province, western Democratic Republic of Congo, ended on 29 August 2011. This training was part of a series launched two months ago by the Congolese Ministry of Defense, in partnership with the US Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DILLS) with support from…
Kinshasa, 06 September 2011: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is following closely the progress so far achieved in the electoral process, especially with regard to the submission of presidential and legislative candidate applications at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) candidacy reception and processing offices. However, MONUSCO deplores the wave of violent incidents…
Photo: Gabriel Wamenya. Goma, 30 August 2011 – The appointment of an army colonel, Zabuloni Muniatware, commonly called "Col. Zabuloni", as the new Police Chief in the Masisi territory, Nord Kivu province, has stirred up tension in a region hitherto adversely affected by insecurity because of the presence of several armed groups. Alerted shortly after the incident, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Photo: Sylvestre Kilolo/ MONUSCO Goma, 25 August 2011 – The South African contingent serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) celebrated South African Women's Day on 24 August in the North Kivu capital, Goma. The day was instituted by the South African Government to honor the country's women for their role in the struggle for a free South Africa. A delegation led by Brigadier-General…
Bukavu, 26 August 2011 – To help with the registration process of candidates for the upcoming presidential and legislative elections, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) transported 4 050 forms to the nine registration and processing centers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the province of Sud-Kivu. INEC Provincial officials opened these centers on 4 August 2011, in…
Photo: Tahina Andriamamonjitianasoa/MONUSCO "How to encourage women candidates to take part in the upcoming elections." Such was the starting point of the latest bi-monthly consultation meeting between political parties and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (MONUSCO) in South Kivu. The meeting took place on Monday, 22 August 2011, in Bukavu, the provincial capital of Sud Kivu. Ms. Asseta Ouédraogo…
Aru, 22 August 2011 – The territory of Aru, some 300 km northeast of Bunia, near Uganda's western border, in Province Orientale, was the venue for meetings between staff members of the Public Information Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and representatives of the local community to discuss the Mission's new mandate. The meetings gave the UN staff an opportunity to clarify a number…
Photo: Indian Battalion, Goma/ MONUSCO Goma, 23 August 2011 – Only days after the launching of Operation 'Silent Valley' on 17 August by peacekeepers of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), dozens of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Walikale territory, Nord-Kivu Province, returned to their homes in Mutongo and Lukweti. Operation 'Silent Valley' was launched to provide security to the…
Kisangani, 20 August 2011 – The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre for the Democratic Republic of Congo (UNMACC-DRC) has, in the past decade, been engaged in identifying areas contaminated by Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) so as to recover and dispose of these devices. UNMACC indicates that since 2001 when it started its operation, 2 727 areas in all the eleven provinces have been classified as Suspected Hazardous Areas (SHA) or Confirmed…