Entebbe, 18 August, 2016- The HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO has ended a two-day-workshop in the Ugandan town of Entebbe. The workshop that was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe, offered participants a dynamic environment to share knowledge and experiences that enabled them to work together and get inspired by other people involved in the advancement of HIV training around MONUSCO Mission area. After…
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of at least 50 civilians on 13 August in the area of Rwangoma village, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). They expressed their deep concern regarding the persistence of violence in this region, where more than 700 civilians have been killed since October 2014. They stressed…
15 August 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined his envoys from the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today in strongly condemning the killing of dozens of civilians during an overnight attack in Beni, located in restive eastern part of the country, where the UN mission and national authorities have now deployed forces in the wake if the incident. “The Secretary-General is appalled by reports…
Kinshasa -14 August 2016. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in DRC and Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, offers his condolences to the Congolese people in general and to the population of Beni in particular, following the attack on the civilian population during the night of 13 to 14 August 2016, in the village of Rwangoma in the Beni area, allegedly committed by the ADF. Reports indicate that 31 victims have…
The 2016 Olympics have already shattered records, but even before the first competition began, these Games made history by giving athletes who have no country to call home a place on the starting line. I expressed my appreciation to the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, for his compassionate leadership in forming the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team, whose members I had the privilege of meeting. Their strength in…
Much to the delight of the victims, some of whom already started losing every hope to see justice done one day… as a result of the Congolese authorities’ determination with support from some DRC’s partners, including the United Nations. Mutarule, 12 August 2016 – will the trial be held or not? This was the daily discussion every day in Mutarule, a territory situated about forty kilometers from Uvira in the South-Kivu Province. Between the threats…
Uvira, August 10, 2016 – MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section organized last Tuesday a capacity-building session on conflict resolution for an organization named Buguma Kalembe (Unity makes Peace in Swahili); Specialized in conflict resolutions, this organization comprises 18 local communities and ethnics groups based in Uvira Territory; the most known of those communities are the Bavira, Bafuliiru, Barundi, Banyamulenge, Bavira, Babembe, Banyindu…
Bunia – 9 August 2016 : 40 students from 8 universities participated in an awareness-raising workshop on the fight against sexual exploitation and abuse organized by MONUSCO’s conduct and discipline unit in partnership with the local NGOs: Justice-Plus, Le Bon Samaritain and SOFEPADI, specialized in the fight against sexual violence and impunity. “Though cases of sexual exploitation and abuses committed by United Nations staff in the Democratic…
Kalemie, 4 August 2016: Kalemie Public Information section organized a working session with many religious communities’ leaders in Kalemie; in attendance, about fifty participants including 2 ladies. This activity is part of the implementation of the awareness-raising and dissemination program of MONUSCO’s mandate, more particularly the UN Security Council Resolution 2277, and to help partners understand better the work done by MONUSCO in…
Gbadolite, 31st July 2016 – On the occasion of the launch of the pilot operation on the revision of the voters’ register in the North Ubangi province, the United Nations recalls their support to the Congolese Government for a smooth implementation of the electoral process under the UNSC Resolution 2277. It consists in, on the one hand, providing technical and logistic assistance to the revision of the voters’ register, and on the other hand…