In Ituri, the security situation has improved significantly on the national road number 27 in the territory of Djugu. On this road section, going from Bunia, the provincial capital, to the locality of Fataki, over 90 km, the national army troops are positioned every 5 kilometers for the protection of road users. Similarly, MONUSCO blue helmets regularly organize patrols there to reinforce the security of the population. As a positive consequence…
“ This activity helped us to broaden our knowledge and better understand what sexual exploitation is and how to prevent it. Before, we had some vague notions of this phenomenon, but thanks to this awareness session, we understand better now”. This is how Patience Mapenzi, 25, a 2 nd year student in Rural Development and Regional Planning at Shalom University in Bunia, reacted after the awareness-raising among the young people in this city about…
The administrator of the Shabunda territory, Feruzi Bimpa, inaugurated on September 26, 2022, the water collection and distribution network (150 m3 water tank and 48 standpipes) offered by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to the populations of the capital of Shabunda territory, 360 km from Bukavu, in the South Kivu province. This network was built by the humanitarian association the…
A little over a year ago, Komanda, the administrative capital of the Basili chiefdom, 80 km from Bunia, in the territory of Irumu, Ituri, came under attacks from the ADF, the Mai-Mai and the FPIC, Patriotic and Integrationist Front of Congo. Today, although the scars of this insecurity are still visible, this shopping center is gradually coming back to life. The military operations within the framework of the state of siege in force since May…
The two deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, in charge of protection and operations, and Bruno Lemarquis, humanitarian and resident coordinator, were on mission to South Kivu province late September. In Bukavu, MM. Diagne and Lemarquis met the Deputy Provincial Governor, Marc Malago Kashekere, with whom they discussed future relations between the Congolese government and MONUSCO, as well as the…
In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public Information office (SC-PID), attended by more than 300 students, around the fight against hate speech and messages. During the meeting held at Pullman Hotel, in a context where the DRC is experiencing an incredible rise in hate speech spread…
It is with students and their teachers that the International Day of Peace observed on September 21 of each year was commemorated this Wednesday in Ituri. In Bunia first, the Bangladeshi blue helmets brought together around fifty students, including 30 girls, and their supervisors at Ndoromo military camp, to raise their awareness of the importance of peace, a behavior that should be nurtured from an early age, at school, in the family. These…
Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in exchange for huge financial promises. After 4 years of a life of violence, he surrendered to MONUSCO and joined the Mission's disarmament, demobilization, and community reintegration (DDR) program. On September 15, 2022, Moussa was returned to his family in Kalemie territory, Tanganyika province. 191 ex-combatants…
“ Thanks to MONUSCO peacekeepers we have settled here. They protect us. The day they leave here, we will also have to move to avoid being killed by the Codecos,” said a displaced woman from the Djaiba camp, in the Walendu Djatsi sector, Djugu territory, on September 14, 2022. about 65 km from Bunia, in Ituri. This camp, located a few meters from MONUSCO base, is as large as five football fields and is home to more than six thousand people. Once a…
The Mission’s Child Protection Section (CPS) in the DRC announced on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Bunia, Ituri, it had facilitated the withdrawal of 235 children from armed groups in this province. These children had been detained in the ranks of armed groups since January 2021. The announcement was made in a two-day workshop on the validation of the operational plan for the Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration of children. The plan…