Jean-Tobie Okala It may not look like much, but this small commercial space means a lot to the Hema and Lendu communities in the locality of Dzengele, in Djugu territory, Ituri. The Dzudda market allows members of these two communities to interact, do business, talk to each other, and live together peacefully. However, about two months ago, following community conflicts that generated violence between the local armed groups Codeco and Zaïre, the…
Kinshasa, April 30, 2025 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the start of an operation transporting several hundred unarmed members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), the Congolese National Police (PNC), and some dependents from its facilities in Goma to Kinshasa. This operation is being carried out with MONUSCO’s logistical support…
Didier Vignon Dossou-Gbakon The Indonesian and Bangladeshi contingents of MONUSCO, deployed in Ituri, were decorated during United Nations medal ceremonies organized on April 23 and 24, 2025, at the Ndoromo base in Bunia. Presided over by the MONUSCO Force Commander, these ceremonies took place in the presence of several local authori8es who praised the peacekeepers' constant commitment to protecting civilians and stabilizing the province. On…
Didier Vignon Dossou-Gbakon The Indonesian and Bangladeshi contingents of MONUSCO, deployed in Ituri, were decorated during United Nations medal ceremonies organized on April 23 and 24, 2025, at the Ndoromo base in Bunia. Presided over by the MONUSCO Force Commander, these ceremonies took place in the presence of several local authori8es who praised the peacekeepers' constant commitment to protecting civilians and stabilizing the province. On…
Kinshasa, April 30, 2025 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the start of an operation transporting several hundred unarmed members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), the Congolese National Police (PNC), and some dependents from its facilities in Goma to Kinshasa. This operation is being carried out with MONUSCO’s logistical support…
Ado Abdou " I commend your courage and your awareness in making the best choice of your life. I urge you to definitixvely turn this page of your history and look resolutely toward new horizons." With these words, the Deputy Governor of North Kivu, Deputy Divisional Commissioner Louis Segond Karawa, addressed the ex-combatants gathered at the Mambango site on the outskirts of Beni city, during the official launch of identification, verification…
Kinshasa, 26 April 2025 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the signing of the Declaration of Principles on 25 April 2025 in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State, between the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda. pr_monusco_welcomes_the_declaration_of_principles_between_the_dr_congo_and_the…
Kinshasa, 26 April 2025 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the signing of the Declaration of Principles on 25 April 2025 in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State, between the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda.
Ado Abdou Twenty-six leaders from civil society organizations in the northern part of North Kivu province were trained on Wednesday and Thursday, April 24, in Beni on combating disinformation and hate speech. This initiative by MONUSCO's Civil Affairs section follows the roadmap adopted at the end of a workshop that brought together MONUSCO and the four civil society coordinations from this part of the province in November 2024. Participants come…
Ado Abdou Faced with growing insecurity in Congolese prison facilities, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democra8c Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), through its Prison Administration Support Unit, organized a capacity-building session for officers of the Beni central prison. This training, held on April 18 and 19, 2025, was conducted in partnership with the National Intervention Legion (LNI) of the Congolese National…