Mbuji-Mayi, 29 January 2012 – The Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Mbuji-Mayi inaugurated a new building for the Prosecutor's Office and the High Court of Tshilenge on Friday, 27 January 2012. The ceremony took place in the presence of Kasaï Oriental provincial authorities, who were the recipients of the new facility. This courthouse comes as a solution to the…
Matadi, 31 January 2012 – The work plan midterm review of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Office was conducted from 29 to 31 January 2012 at the Ledya hotel in Matadi, capital of Bas-Congo Province. According to the Chief Civil Affairs Richard Snellen, the objective of this three-day workshop was "to build the capacity of our teams to better work with our…
Mbuji Mayi, 27 January 2012 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Office organized a two-day meeting with the Provincial Ministry of Interior and the civil society on conflict resolution in Kasaï Oriental. The conflict mapping established in 2010 in the province recorded more than a hundred conflicts. Some of the conflicts date back to more than 20 years. Those…
Kinshasa, 1 February 2012 – On 31 January 2012 in Kinshasa, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), through its Office of Public Information, organized an information and awareness-raising session on its mandate. The objective of the meeting was to promote the understanding of the Mission's mandate and to contribute to its outreach among the Congolese population. About a hundred…
Goma, 27 January 2012 - Following his arrival in Kinshasa on 24 January 2012, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, traveled to Goma, the capital of Nord Kivu province, on 27 January, with Roger Meece, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO). Mr. Ladsous received a warm welcome from the provincial…
Kinshasa, 26 January 2012 – On the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, met with the leaders of opposition parties in Congo to discuss issues relating to human rights and the on-going electoral process in the country. Vital Kamerhe, leader of the Union pour la Nation congolaise (UNC), which was ranked third in the last presidential run up, after the Parti…
Goma, 16 January 2012 – The Ntoto built-up area located at around 200 km northwest of Goma in Walikale territory now looks like a ghost town. The villagers have fled their homes to take refuge around the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) military base. An estimated one thousand people, and more, are living in makeshift shelters that they have built around the military base of the…
Kinshasa, 24 January 2012 – During his official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr Hervé Ladsous, made the following statement in an interview with Radio Okapi, which is the radio of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Good morning Mr Hervé Ladsous, this is your first visit to the DRC since your appointment…
Kinshasa, 24 January 2012 - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, will be making an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) starting this Tuesday, 24 January 2012. During the four-day visit, his first to the DRC since his appointment on 2 September 2011, Mr Ladsous will meet in Kinshasa with several Government officials, as well as with members of the Congolese political class…
Goma, 13 January 2012 – In their already dire living conditions, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Shasha camp, Masisi terriroty, in Nord Kivu province, are now facing another difficulty: malaria. But it wasn't until many of them experienced severe symptoms of the disease that they thought of requesting assistance from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) to curb the outbreak. There is an…