The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) is stepping up its operations in Ituri. Since March 22, 2026, six mobile military bases have been deployed in the territories of Djugu and Irumu as part of Operation “ Nyundo II” which has been underway since early February. In these areas, still plagued by armed violence, several armed groups continue to pose a major threat to civilians. In…
The support of MONUSCO should speed up the work before the heavy rainy season, a period that could delay the progress of the construction.
From Bunia to Kinshasa, the United Nations Global Peace Advocate is backing the "Women, Peace, and Security" agenda.
Inside the conference room of MONUSCO’s logistics base in Bunia, these words were spoken in a single voice. They did not come from one poet alone, but from a group of women — community mediators, women’s rights advocates, young leaders and female peacekeepers — gathered for a poetry workshop. The text they were reading had just been born before their eyes: A collective poem titled “If Bunia Could Speak,” written line by line by the participants…
Prisca Nsanga is a young woman living with a motor disability. Since the age of five, due to poliomyelitis, she has had to rely on a crutch
MONUSCO organized two awareness-raising days at the displacement sites in Djangi and Rho.
Kinshasa, 11 March 2026 – The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acting Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and UN Designated Official for Security, Mr. Bruno Lemarquis, strongly condemns the escalation of violence observed on Wednesday morning in Goma, notably involving the use of attack…
To support the efforts of the authorities, peacekeepers in Gina brought together women to discuss education, culture and health.
A sensitization session on personal hygiene and mental health in detention was organized at the central prison of Bunia.
887 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented, affecting 1,534 victims, the vast majority of whom were women and girls.