Kinshasa, 16 August 2013 - SODEICO, a Congolese recruitment agency and a partner of MONUSCO-CPAD project, organized a recruitment test for 21 women trained in IT, English and marketing ( check some pictures). The recruitment test constitutes a job opportunity for these women, who attended a training session IT, English, marketing, and sewing financed by MONUSCO and implemented by CPAD, a Congolese NGO ( check MONUSCO-CPAD Quick Impact Project…
Goma, 19 August 2013 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Kobler, has wound up a three-day visit to the North-Kivu province, which started on 17 August. This field trip was his first in the country since his arrival on 12 August. In Goma, the Special Representative met with provincial administrative and security authorities, as well as UN military and civilian staff, to…
Kinshasa, 16 August 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the separation, on 11 and 15 August 2013, of 82 children, including 13 girls, from Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga armed group. The children, aged between 8 and 17 years old, were identified and separated through concerted efforts of child protection agencies working together in Kibwela, Moba Territory, and Kayumba…
Kinshasa, 16 August 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes the separation, on 11 and 15 August 2013, of 82 children, including 13 girls, from Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga armed group. The children, aged between 8 and 17 years old, were identified and separated through concerted efforts of child protection agencies working together in Kibwela, Moba Territory, and Kayumba…
Goma, 14 August 2013 - Following requests from several local and foreign media, Tanzanian and South African Special Forces of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of MONUSCO displayed a show of force during a training exercise to demonstrate their ability to cope with any assaults coming from rebel groups. The journalists were also able to witness the way in which the FIB conducts daily patrols in the area between Sake and Moja in North Kivu…
Kinshasa, 13 August 2013 – Martin Kobler arrived today at the Headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) to assume his duties as the Special Representative for the United Nations Secretary-General in this country. He was welcomed by the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, Moustapha Soumaré, who had been acting as the Head of MONUSCO…
Mbandaka, 29 July 2013 – The Electoral Section of MONUSCO on 25 July 2013 held a meeting in Mbandaka with women leaders from across Equateur province, to help them prepare themselves for the future provincial, municipal and local elections. The meeting aimed to encourage a greater number of women to be candidates for the future polls. The women at the meeting stated their determination to play an active role in ensuring women's mass and effective…
Bunia, 30 July 2013 - On 29 July 2013, the regional director of MONUSCO inaugurated the new air traffic control equipment provided by the UN mission for the international airport in the district's capital, Bunia. In the presence of the national director of the Civilian Aviation Authority (RVA) operations, he also formally handed over to the airport authorities the finished runway lighting and marking project carried out by MONUSCO in partnership…
Mbuji-Mayi, 2 August 2013 – In Mbuji-Mayi, the provincial capital of Eastern Kasai, the MONUSCO police force (UNPOL) launches a new month-long campaign to raise public awareness of the importance of the Congolese National Police (PNC) working in partnership with the population. Twice a week for one month, UNPOL elements will be meeting with heads of neighborhoods and streets of the town to see if and make sure that the mechanisms put in place to…
Goma, 03 Augiust 2013 - As part of its Quick Impact Projects programme, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on 30 July donated a batch of medical equipment items to the "Charite maternelle" hospital in Goma for the neonatal ward. Worth US$ 25,000, the batch of medical equipment items -, consisting of a newborn incubator, neonatal reanimation and warming tables, lamps for phototherapy, a resuscitation pack, an…