By Zainab Hawa Bangura An adolescent girl is kidnapped from her village in Iraq and she will be sold or given away to ISIL fighters as a sex slave. In a detention centre in Syria a man is sexually assaulted to punish him for his political affiliations, real or imagined. In South Sudan a woman must make the choice between feeding her family or being attacked by armed men when she tries to harvest crops. In Bosnia, a woman passes the place where…
Goma 11-04-2015: MONUSCO Force Commander General Carlos Alberto Santos Cruz has presided over a Medal Parade at MONUSCO Lava site compound in Goma on 11 April 2015 . The Parade was accompanied by a medal award in recognition to the meritorious services rendered by over 41 United Nations Peace Keepers from contributing Countries in the Peace Keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to the Medal award General Santos Cruz commended…
Goma 10 April 2015: The work for the construction of the North-Kivu Press Center was launched on Thursday 09 April 2015 in Goma by the provincial Governor, Julien Paluku who laid the first foundation stone in the presence of local personalities. “It is an honor for my province to be the first in DRC to benefit from this kind of support in favor of journalists. Media was instrumental in advocating for the cause of our province during the…
In Equateur, years of conflict, a lack of basic social services, poor management, low agricultural productivity and chronic poverty have disrupted the balance of local markets and exacerbated the vulnerability of the population to food insecurity. Purchase for Progress (P4P) is a joint programme of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) aimed at reviving the agricultural economy by helping…
The defeat of the March 23 Movement and the dismantling of armed groups have contributed to the emergence of islands of stability in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The islands of stability provide the Congolese Government, in partnership with MONUSCO, with an intervention framework for the progressive restoration of the authority of the state after a significant period of absence. Specifically, joint civilian teams are…
Bunia, 08 April 2015: The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Bunia concluded Wednesday 8 April a workshop on monitoring and reporting cases of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. More than twenty local human rights NGOs actors attended this two-day workshop. Participants learnt, among others, UN basic principles on peace keeping, conflicts prevention and respect for Human rights. They were also trained on how to…
Ten Congolese National Police Officers have been receiving training since Wednesday 1st April in Bunia on the use and maintenance of the new information and communication technologies. Scheduled for one month, the training is given by the Bangladeshi contingent of MONUSCO. The training program includes word processing, software installation, internet use and computers’ repair. According to Brigadier General Saif Ur Rahman, Ituri Brigade commander…
Martin Kobler, Chief of MONUSCO, applauds Congolese sportsmen and women and urges them to engage in the service of peace and tolerance Kinshasa, 6 April 2015 – “Sports means knowing how to compete in full respect for one’s rival and the rules of the game. It is building, in adversity and respect, a beautiful game or good gesture. In this regard, sport is a societal model” declared Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary…
Martin Kobler, Chief of MONUSCO, calls for tolerance on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide Kinshasa, 6 April 2015 – “Today, Rwanda and the whole world still remember the atrocities of the genocide committed in Rwanda 21 years ago. The commemoration of this sad page in human history is a heartbreaking reminder of the need for building peace together”, said Martin Kobler. In 1995, the UN made an awareness…