Goma, 28 February 2012 – A fire erupted on 28 February at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ntoto, a village located about 50 km west of Walikale, in eastern Nord Kivu province. The makeshift IDP camp, which lies close to a peacekeeper base of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), was virtually destroyed by the blaze stoked by the cool winds typical of this highland region in the…
Mbuji-Mayi, 14 February 2012 – The Office of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) jointly organised with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and National HIV Multi-Sector Programme (PNMLS) an awareness Day for students of a Medical Technical College (ISTM in French acronym) in Mbuji Mayi on 8 February 2012. This is to ensure the continuation of previous activity launched during the commemoration…
Kinshasa, 2 March 2012 – As part of the International Women's Day commemoration on 8 March, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry for Gender, Family and Children, in partnership with the United Nations System, is planning to organize the fourth Women Entrepreneurship Fair around the theme: "Let Us Invest in Rural Women and Young Girls for a Brighter Future". The fair will be opened to the public between 5 and 15 March 2012. Speakers…
Bukavu, 24 February 2012 – « MONUSCO's support to the Public Prosecution Office in the restoration of the rule of law » - such was the theme of the press encounter organized by the Public Information Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Bukavu, Sud Kivu province, on 24 February 2012. Some twenty journalists attended this monthly event, during which the provincial coordinator of MONUSCO's Rule…
Bukavu, 1st March 2012 – As part of the enhanced protection of civilian population in the Sud-Kivu province, a joint team of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) carried out a protection mission at Numbi, the territory of Kalehe between 24 and 27 February 2012. Made up of senior members of the civil & political affairs, human rights as well as of the Information Analysis section and the United…
Kinshasa, 24 February 2012 - How is MONUSCO Western Brigade organized, its mission, objectives and tasks under its jurisdiction in the DRC? Those are the points discussed by the 11th Military Region Commander of the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo – FARDC – (the Democratic Republic of Congo's national armed forces) , Col Nyembo Abdallah, during a visit he paid to MONUSCO Western Brigade Commander, Brig-Gen Obed Boamah Akwa on…
Kinshasa, 2 March 2012 – As part of the International Women's Day commemoration on 8 March, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry for Gender, Family and Children, in partnership with the United Nations System, is planning to organize the fourth Women Entrepreneurship Fair around the theme: "Let Us Invest in Rural Women and Young Girls for a Brighter Future". The fair will be opened to the public between 5 and 15 March 2012. Speakers…
Bukavu, 17 February 2012 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) organized on Friday, 17 February 2012, in Bukavu, Sud Kivu province, a meeting with local Human Rights activists to commemorate the Human Rights Day focused on "Social Medias and Human Rights". The objective of the meeting was to respond to the 10 December 2011 appeal launched by Navy Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for people "to join…
Kinshasa, 29 February 2012 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) civil aviation has experienced many air disasters with heavy loss of human lives in recent years. With a view to improving air traffic, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) handed over to Congolese authorities, a set of equipment to modernize 23 meteorological stations across the nation. This equipment included air…
Mbandaka, 15 February 2012 – The humanitarian community in the Equateur province launched the 2012 Humanitarian Action Plan of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, 15 February in Mbandaka. The event, which is an annual fundraising activity launched by the United Nations Organization, covers the country's humanitarian needs. In order to implement this year's plan, some $718 million will have to be mobilized to meet the country…