Uvira, November 15, 20189. - Under the facilitation of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the NGO known as Alert International, ethnic communities in Uvira took part in a meeting held in the same territory on November 14. Participants unanimously denounced the persistence of violence and hate speech. Over 40 people representing the Babembe, Bafuliiru, Banyamulenge, Banyindu, Bavira, Babwari…
The Acting Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Protection and Operations, François Grignon, interacted with the media on Wednesday, 13 November around the UN Mission’s activities and the progress made in the implementation of its mandate in partnership with the Congolese government. In this respect, he pleaded for a sustainable protection system to be set up for the protection of civilian populations. In…
New York / Kinshasa, 11 November 2019 - Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the Congolese Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Security and Customary Affairs signed the Congolese…
Uvira, 8 November 2019 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, led a joint mission to Minembwe on 7 November 2019. Besides MONUSCO representatives, members of the United Nations agencies: OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), and WFP (United Nations Food Program) participated in…
Kinshasa 06 November 2019: MONUSCO Correctional Service Support Unit (UAAP) organized in Kinshasa from 5 to 6 November 2019, a trainers’ training workshop for prison staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Altogether, twenty-two (22) civilian and military personnel, including five women from the Congolese Correctional Services participated in this workshop, jointly organized by the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Development Program…
BUTEMBO, November 6 th, 2019: Radio Okapi officially opens its studio in Butembo, North Kivu province for the production and broadcasting of its programs locally. The installation of the studio and the recruitment of journalists and technicians were made possible with support from the Office of the UN Coordinator for Emergency Response to the Ebola Epidemic. In addition to broadcasting general information, the radio will be used as an awareness…
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The (new) United Nations Deputy Coordinator for Emergency Response to Ebola Virus Disease (EERC) has been in Bunia since Wednesday. Abdou Dieng came to get first-hand information about the situation on the ground as part of the fight against the Ebola epidemic in Ituri. Even though there is almost no more case of the Ebola virus Disease reported in the province, actors are still concerned about communities resistance to…
As part of the protection of civilians, a joint patrol team consisting of MONUSCO Policewoman Officer, Moussa Adizatou and ten (10) members of the Formed Police Unit from Egypt, conducted an awareness-raising and information session on the Mission’s mandate and the role of uniformed personnel. Held on in Kingabwa, along the main road ‘’poids lourds’’, Kinshasa commune, the awareness campaign was intended for a group of young men. The purpose of…
Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year. Major Diouf currently leads a task force that helps to prevent and end sexual exploitation and abuse with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) in Goma (North Kivu). She also leads the UN Police Women’s Network, which connects female officers for mentoring, training, professional development…
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The Training and Refresher Seminar for Military Focal Points of MONUSCO Force, which opened on Tuesday, October 29, ended last Wednesday. For two days, 12 military officers, including two women, revisited the United Nations Code of Conduct, and in particular the military Code including the 10 rules to be observed by the United Nations military personnel and the Secretary-General's "zero tolerance" policy with regard to…