Mbandaka, 21 February 2012 – Radio Okapi, the radio of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), held in Mbandaka from 15 to 20 February, a refresher training workshop for community radio journalists of Equateur province. The NGO Fondation Hirondelle, Radio Okapi's technical partner, helped to set up the training program. For nearly a week, trainers focused on radio news writing and reporting…
Matadi, 22 February 2012 – On 22 and 23 February, the Civil Affairs Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized a workshop on local conflicts management. During these two days, MONUSCO officials, with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Plan, Justice and Agriculture, as well as members of the civil society scrutinized the different conflicts of the…
Kisangani, 24 February 2012 – Little Bénédicte is now safe and sound. Bénédicte is the name of a little girl from Kisangani, capital of Province Orientale, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While on a field visit to the Kisangani nutrition centre, a team of the Office of Public Information of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) bumped into her. She had been suffering for…
Goma, 1 March 2012 – The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, arrived in Goma, capital of Nord Kivu province on Thursday, 1st March for a working visit to assess the security and human rights situation in the region. Ms Zerrougui's four-day visit took her successively to Kaniro, Kimua, Rwindi (Walikale territory), Kirumba, Mpati (Rutshuru…
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…