Factors impeding women's participation and representation in higher decision-making positions in DRC. On 11 Nov. 2015 under the auspices of the Gender Section in South Kivu in partnership with the Association of Women Lawyers in Congo, a round table on "the promotion of a large number of women in forthcoming elections in South Kivu". Thirty (30) women candidates gathered in MONUSCO premises in Bukavu to look at ways and means to bring the…
Goma, 20 February 2012 – At least a dozen wooden and concrete houses and shops caught fire during the night of Monday, 19 February in the district of Mabanga Sud, in Goma, the capital of Nord Kivu province. The damage caused by the fire included one pharmacy and one pub. With the help of the fire brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUCSO), the blaze was brought under control, sparing three…
Kisangani, 16 February 2012 – A ceremony for the official hand over of the rehabilitated buildings of Lukusa training camp took place on Wednesday 15 February in Kisangani, capital of Province Orientale. The ceremony was held in the presence of leading civilian and military figures, including Admiral Damas Kabulo, Secretary General of the Congolese Ministry of Defence and War Veterans. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
Kananga, 18 February 2012 – On Wednesday 15 February 2012 in Kananga, the United Nations inter-agency provincial committee, in the province of Kasai Occidental, presented the final report of the joint mission conducted in Lubunga on 13 January 2012 on the assessment of the post-conflict humanitarian situation between two communities in the territory of Dimbelenge. The committee was assisted by provincial government officials and the civil society…
Mbuji-Mayi, 14 February 2012 – The Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized on 8 February 2012 a day to sensitize the students of the Advanced Institute of Medical Techniques of Mbuji-Mayi (Institut supérieur des Techniques médicales -- ISTM) on HIV-AIDS contamination. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Programme national multisectoriel de Lutte contre le…
Bukavu, 10 February 2012 – Through its Bukavu office, in Sud Kivu province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized from 7 to 11 February 2012, a sensitization campaign for officers of the Congolese Army (Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo - FARDC). This activity is part of the support that MONUSCO has been providing to this institution. The selected…
Bukavu, 16 February 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese Armed forces (Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo - FARDC) launched on 15 February 2012 a military operation called "Amani Kamilifu" (strengthening peace) against rebel elements of the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in the territories of Shabunda, Mwenga, Kalehe…
Matadi, 14 February 2012 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) organized a workshop in the port city of Matadi on 14 February on the issue of reparation for victims within the framework of transitional justice. The workshop was attended by 17 participants, namely from the civil society, and also among human rights focal points and lawyers of the province. The objective set by the organizers was threefold: to identify ways and…
Uvira, 16 February 2012 – A delegation led by the officer-in-charge of Civil Affairs in the Uvira Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Sud Kivu province, handed over, on 9 February, a batch of computer equipment and a number of office supplies to the civil society coordination of Fizi territory. According to Armand Forster, the officer-in-charge of Civil Affairs Office…
Mbandaka, 16 February 2012 – Between 15 and 21 February 2012, Radio Okapi of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and its partner, the NGO Fondation Hirondelle organized a workshop for community radio journalists in Equateur province. The aim was to build the capacities of journalists and at the same time establish a partnership with them. This mutually beneficial partnership will on one hand…