Photo MONUSCO/Biliaminou Alao Bukavu, 16 November 2011 - The South Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized a handover ceremony on Wednesday, 16 November 2011, between the outgoing commander Brigadier General Muhammad Jamil and his successor Brigadier General Nadir Khan. Before leaving the country, Brigadier General Jamil spoke with Radio Okapi, the UN radio, and gave his…
Briefing in MONUSCO Conference Room for the delegation. On the right the head of office M. Cheikh Bangoura, on the left the Police Commissioner of PNC M. Bisengimana. Pho to MONUSCO Piergiorgio Paglialonga . Mbuji Mayi 14 November 2011- As part of his nationwide tour to ensure trouble-free elections, the acting Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), General Charles Bisengimana, accompanied by the UN Stabilization Mission in…
Photo MONUSCO/Sylvain LIECHTI Goma, 8 November 2011 – For three weeks, 125 freshly arrived elements from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s Formed Police Unit (FPU) were trained on public order policing techniques in preparation for the country's presidential and legislative elections due on 28 November. The training included modules dealing with policing tactics based on the new…
Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kindu, 11 November 2011 – It is fifty years ago this year that 13 Italian peacekeepers were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fifty years ago and the memory of their death is still fresh. They were all pilots and they were killed on 11 November 1961 in Kindu, currently the administrative capital of Maniema province. It was here that a memorial service was held in their honour on 11 November as part of…
Photo MONUSCO/ Paul-Richard Malengela Mbandaka, 10 November 2011 – A delegation of the National Committee for Election Security was in Mbandaka, Equateur province, this week to potential security threats associated with the on-going national electoral process. The delegation was led by the interim Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), General Charles Bisengimana, and included representatives from the country's Armed Forces…
The MONUSCO Office of Gender Affairs has launched a series of projects aimed to improve security and participation of women and girls in the DRC during the electoral process. The first project entitled ‘Research Action’ aimed to construct a network to identify, count and categorise all violations upon the rights of Congolese women and girls during the electoral process. The ultimate objective is to ensure that women and girls can fully…
Kinshasa, 08 November 2011: The United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is deeply concerned by the rising spate of pre-electoral violence in many parts of the country and incitement to violence by political leaders that has marred the presidential and legislative elections campaigns since 28 October. MONUSCO expresses its concern regarding the language employed by political leaders inciting…
Goma, 08 novembre 2011 - Le Bureau Conjoint des Nations Unies au Droit de l'Homme a organisé un atelier d'un jour le vendredi 04 novembre 2011 à l'hôtel Ihusi de Goma à l'intention d'environ 50 activistes des Droits de l'homme de Goma. Cette formation vise à outiller les participants en mécanismes de suivi des violations des Droits de l'Homme en période électorale. C'est à travers des modules sur l'Observance des Droits de l'Homme et la Loi…
South Kivu, 3 October 2011 - Pakistan Army confronted an armed group in Sabele village and made them flee this village located 32 Km South West of Baraka in South Kivu. These troops, part of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), had set out to establish a Mobile Operating Base (MOB) in Sabele village in the backdrop of the area. After they were at about tree kms from the village they heard gunshots and saw the local population…
Photo: MONUSCO/Alain Likota Bukavu, 20 October 2011 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary –General and Head of the UN Stabilisation Mission in the DRC Congo, Roger Meece, was in Bukavu, the provincial capital of Sud-Kivu, on two-day working visit from 19 to 20 Octobre 2011, to look at the status of local preparations for the upcoming national elections. Preparations for presidential and legislative elections scheduled for…