A few days after taking office, the Military Governor of Ituri Province, Major General Gaby Kasongo Mulumba Batoka, visited 25 June 2026 MONUSCO's military facilities at Ndoromo Camp in Bunia. He was accompanied by the Head of MONUSCO Office in Ituri, Josiah Obat, and the Commander of the MONUSCO Force North Sector, Major General Saiful Alam Bhuiyan. The visit began at the Joint Operations Centre MONUSCO-FARDC, where the Governor was briefed on…
These key actors have laid the groundwork for a paradigm shift:no longer just sitting at the table, but shaping the decisions made around it
Two fires broke out on Monday, 22 June, in the Les Volcans and Himbi neighborhoods of Goma, North Kivu. The first fire occurred around midday on Lin Lusi Street in the Les Volcans neighborhood. According to initial reports, three children trapped inside a burning building were rescued just in time thanks to the intervention of MONUSCO’s firefighting teams and the Municipal Civil Protection services. The fire is believed to have been caused by an…
A Moroccan Air Force C-130H aircraft landed at Bunia Airport on Monday, 22 June 2026, carrying a significant shipment of medical and logistical supplies intended to strengthen MONUSCO’s capacity to respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Ituri Province. Weighing more than nine tons, this first shipment includes medicines, pharmaceutical products, personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as a wide range of medical, biomedical…
Around twenty healthcare professionals from MONUSCO and the Mission’s military contingents took part in a training session held on 16 and 17 June in Goma on infection prevention and control, the proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE), and decontamination procedures, in the context of the resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease affecting North Kivu and Ituri. Organized by MONUSCO’s Infection Prevention and Control and Epidemic…
The MONUSCO, through its Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Stabilization (DDRS) Section, in support of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Recovery and Stabilization Programme (PDDRCS), on Friday 12 June 2026 handed over and launched several socio-economic reintegration projects in the localities of Balingina, Sota and Tsere, in Irumu Territory. Funded to the tune of USD 447,000.00 and implemented by the NGOs Association des…
In Ituri, mediation efforts led by the Network of Women Mediators (REFEMI), with the support of MONUSCO, are fostering a positive momentum toward reconciliation between the Walendu Tatsi sector and the Bahema Banywagi chiefdom—two communities long divided by tensions. “ There is more to gain from peace than from war. Peace imposed by weapons is often fragile, but peace achieved through dialogue is more sustainable,” explains a member of the Ituri…
Kinshasa, 18 June 2026 – MONUSCO has learned with sadness of the death from Ebola of a subcontracted worker locally recruited in Bunia by a company under contract with the Mission. According to confirmed information, he had not worked in MONUSCO since 22 May 2026 and therefore had not been present on Mission premises for more than 21 days prior to the confirmation of the diagnosis. MONUSCO extends its sincere condolences to the family, loved ones…
On the occasion of the Day of the African Child, celebrated every 16 June, teams from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) conducted support, awareness-raising and humanitarian assistance activities for children in conflict with the law, children living with their mothers in prison, and detained women in the cities of Beni (North Kivu) and Bunia (Ituri). In Beni, a delegation…
Dozens of children from 10 primary schools and 2 secondary schools in the city of Goma, North Kivu, took part on Tuesday, 16 June 2026, in an awareness-raising session on their rights, their protection, and the best practices to adopt to prevent Ebola Virus Disease in both school and family settings. Organized by MONUSCO through its Child Protection Section, in collaboration with its partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and…