Kenyan Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo His Excellency Dr George MASAFU has visited the MONUSCO William Elachi Press Center on the 21 of March 2016. Speaking to the local Press the Ambassador said his visit to the Press Center was intended to convey the Kenyan government’s appreciation to MONUSCO for naming this center after his late fellow countryman, William Elachi, who died in Goma on 10 October 2014, while serving with the…
Kinshasa 21 March - On 17 March 2016, a human rights defender, coordinator of the NGO Organisation populaire pour la paix (OPP), was reportedly killed by armed men in Kavumu, Kabaré territory, South Kivu province. He was at home with his wife and children when the alleged perpetrators irrupted in the house and shot three times at the victim’s chest. The victim was a well-known human rights defender, working on allegations of abductions and rapes…
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Entebbe, 18 March, 2016 – From 15 to 17 March, the United Nations Regional Service Centre in the Ugandan Central Regional town of Entebbe, opened its doors to some 15 workshop participants who received counselling training and education on HIV and AIDS. Drawn from some Sections of MONUSCO, participants included medical Doctors, nurses, medical laboratory technicians, and HIV and AIDS Counselors. The organizers of the workshop said that the…
Goma, Wednesday 16 March 2016 – Uruguayan Vice-President, Mr. Raul FERNANDO arrived in Goma and was met at the airport by MONUSCO acting chief of office, Josiah Obat, the North-Kivu Vice-Governor, Mr. Feller LUTAICHIRWA, accompanied by government officials and civil society members. The purpose of his twenty-four hour visit is to see for himself the work done by the Uruguayan contingent on the ground, the Vice-President told the press. Uruguay is…
Uvira, 11 March 2016 - As part of activities related to this "Women’s Month”, the Public Information Section of MONUSCO-Uvira organized, on Friday 11 March 2016 at the Stade de l’Unité de la Cité, a meeting with several women’s associations and movements. Nearly a hundred women hailing from Uvira and surrounding areas took part in this event, and among them were Jeanne-d'Arc Chakupewa, Head of the Cité of Uvira, and Marie Mithila Ponga , Chief of…
Goma, 13 March, 2016 - Activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, commemorated under the theme Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up For Gender Equality, have continued to spread to all parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), days after global commemorations were held on Tuesday, 8 March, 2016. In the North Kivu Province, MONUSCO held a huge event to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have…
MONUSCO’s Gender Section celebrated the 2016 Edition of the International Women’s Day between 8-16 March 2016 in Goma, Bunia, Kisangani and Bukavu and in Masisi territory in Eastern DRC. The day was set aside to celebrate women’s achievements and their contributions in various fields; their participation in nation-building and in the development of their communities; and to discuss factors impeding their representation and full involvement in…
Some 50 participants from the civil society, local authorities, academics, journalists and MONUSCO staff took part in the debates in the framework of a thematic round table held in MONUSCO HQ in Goma on March 12th. The round table was organized by the Gender Section in collaboration with Civil Affairs Section, UNDP and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI). The round table presented the sex-disaggregated results of the latest “Survey for the…
Newspaper and broadcast media directors in Beni attended a training workshop on peace journalism organized by the MONUSCO Public Information Division on 11-12 March 2015. The workshop sought to provide participants with an understanding of how media professionals can help restore peace in a region plagued by recurrent wars. At least that’s the stated ambition of journalists in Beni. For while the MONUSCO Public Information Division did take the…