Martial Mukeba wa Mukeba Twenty-five Congolese prison administration officers from the Beni region in North Kivu, including four women, took part in a training session on June 10, 2025, focused on preventing radicalization and violent extremism of detainees. Organized at Kangbayi Urban Prison by MONUSCO’s Prison Administration Support Unit in Beni, the training aimed to strengthen prison staff capacity in managing inmates at risk of…
Joël Bofengo In addition to being a poet and slam artist, Congolese Do Nsoseme Dora is also a photographer. Her work, at the intersection of documentary and conceptual styles, often features staged scenes that challenge traditional gender roles. She is one of about ten women whose photographs have been on display since June 7 at the Photoville Festival in New York. Captured in eleven different contexts — Abyei, Cyprus, Central African Republic…
Jean-Tobie Okala About twenty staff members from the military and civil judicial administration of Beni and Butembo, as well as Congolese police officers, attended two simultaneous training sessions from May 26 to June 5, 2025, at MONUSCO’s headquarters in Beni. The first focused on ballistic expertise applied to criminal trials, while the second centered on cybercrime and digital investigation techniques. Over the ten days, the trainees…
ean-Tobie Okala In Beni, North Kivu Province, MONUSCO celebrated World Environment Day on Thursday, June 5, by organizing an awareness campaign and planting trees at a local school. “ It’s a very important day” said Adam Obatoki Salami, acting head of the UN mission’s sub-office. Celebrated every year on June 5 since 1973, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public awareness, observed by millions of people…
Didier Vignon Dossou-Gbakon et Jean-Tobie Okala Saturday, May 24, 2025. It is a little past 11 a.m., under the scorching sun, in the Tsere community in the Ituri province. Samuel, in his thirties, watches with a discreet smile the lush enclosure where about twenty cows are grazing. This pasture, these animals, this workspace… All of it represents more than just livestock farming: it’s a promise of stability, a symbol of a break from years spent…
Alain Wandimoyi In response to the deteriorating security conditions due to armed conflict in North Kivu province, particularly in the vicinity of Goma, approximately thirty stakeholders from civil society, women's associations, youth organizations, and the education sector attended a two-day capacity-building workshop on May 28-29, focusing on the protection of children's rights in crisis situations. Organized by the Child Protection Section of…
Jean-Tobie Okala General Evariste Kakule Somo, Governor of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, was the first to speak on May 28, 2025, in Beni — the provisional provincial capital — on the eve of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, celebrated annually on May 29. Indeed, May 29 marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers: an occasion dedicated to honoring the commitment, courage, and sacrifice…
Jean-Tobie Okala After a building under construction collapsed in the Bankoko neighborhood in Bunia, Nepalese, Indonesian, Senegalese, and Bangladeshi peacekeepers, along with MONUSCO police officers are working alongside rescue teams to find survivors. At least three people have been confirmed dead, and eight others have been rescued. According to local sources, a four-story building under construction collapsed around 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 22…
Jean-Tobie Okala In Ituri Province, MONUSCO launched construction work on May 22, 2025, for a new training facility dedicated to military justice actors. The building will be located within the premises of the Ituri Superior Military Prosecutor’s Office in Bunia. The project responds to a request from the Senior Military Prosecutor, who expressed the need for a dedicated space to enhance the technical and professional skills of judicial personnel…
Joël Bofengo and Jorkim Jotham Pituwa “ All communities gather here. ” Christine Gbosi has been selling goods at the Dzudda market for several years. Her face beams despite the sweltering heat, because she can once again carry out the sole activity that provides her financial support. Like many others markets in Ituri, Dzudda market closes whenever violence erupts. These closures divide communities. In order to break this cycle, MONUSCO has…