In North Kivu province, new classrooms have been built and equipped by MONUSCO’s quick impact project for a primary school in Malehe village, which is located on the outskirts of the city of Saké, in Kamuronza grouping, the territory of Assisi. The refurbishment work worth $48,550 lasted three months and employed 66 skilled local workers in the rehabilitation and reconstruction work. “ We mainly employed people from the surrounding area so that…
Kinshasa, August 12, 2022: MONUSCO condemns in the strongest terms possible the renewed violence in Butembo and expresses its solidarity with the Congolese authorities following the assassination of staff members of the defense and security forces as well as members of the civilian population in this city. growing_insecurity_in_butembo_monusco_expresses_solidarity_with_congolese_authorities.pdf
Kinshasa, July 25, 2022: MONUSCO condemns, in the strongest terms possible, the attack on its premises in Goma, North Kivu.
Kinshasa, 3 august 2022 : MONUSCO regrets the decision to expulse its spokesperson made by the Congolese government. pr_monusco_regrets_the_decision_to_expulse_its_spokersperson_by_the_congolaise_government.docx
The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, was in Kinshasa on 28 and 29 July 2022 to meet with partners of the UN Mission in the DRC, including the Congolese authorities, following the violent anti-MONUSCO demonstrations that resulted in victims among UN peacekeepers and the Congolese population in North Kivu. The head of the UN Peacekeeping Department was accompanied by the UN Police Commissioner, Louis Carrilho, and…
« MONUSCO has no other agenda in the Democratic Republic of Congo than to restore peace. Do not believe the manipulators, they risk achieving their objective and it is counterproductive for all ". This statement by the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, came on 28 July, three days after the demonstrations organised in Goma and Butembo, in North Kivu, to demand the departure of the UN Mission in…
Kinshasa, July 31, 2022: The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of MONUSCO, Mrs. Bintou Keita, is sad to learn the serious incident having occurred this morning in Kasindi, at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. press_release_monusco_recognizes_a_serious_incident_at_the_border_between_the_drc_and_uganda_in_kasindi.docx
" We have a duty of accountability. The Mission is committed to respect for human rights. I can confirm with certainty that MONUSCO is not responsible for the death of the demonstrators who looted and vandalized its base in Goma. The joint Government-MONUSCO investigations will prove this". The Special Representative ad interim of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, was answering questions from Congolese journalists during the…
With funding of US$1,500,000 from the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund, a community radio station and the Women's House have been set up in Kigulube, in the territory of Shabunda, South Kivu, as part of the WOSH-Women of Shabunda project. The project was implemented by the MONUSCO'S Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…
A dozen women from the countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), of the African Union, supported by UN Women and led by Catherine Samba Panza, honorary president of the Central African Republic, have been in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, since July 11. This delegation, whose members come from different African countries, is advocating for a better political participation of women, their involvement in the…