Patrick Muyaya : ‘’ We are working on increasing the force's strength, notably with the programming law, because we want to recover the regal missions that are ours.’’
Ten years ago, the United Nations and the Congolese government signed a joint communiqué on combating conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This document, signed on March 30, 2013 and amended in 2015, constitutes a solemn act of commitment between the two parties and aims to implement solid mechanisms to combat sexual violence in conflict zones, put an end to impunity for perpetrators but also allow access to…
MONUSCO organized Tuesday, June 13, an awareness day for a hundred students from the Bilingual Christian University of Congo (UCBC) in Beni, North Kivu. This awareness-raising is part of a series of activities the Mission is organizing throughout the national territory to involve a larger number of people in the fight against disinformation. The UN Mission’s public information officer in Beni, Jean-Tobie Okala, explained in detail the forms…
Samboko, a village located 58 kilometers from the city of Beni in North Kivu, now has public lighting. Before MONUSCO installed solar streetlights there, the population faced darkness which caused cases of insecurity perpetrated by armed groups. The sixty-five streetlights installed with funding from MONUSCO will light up the public streets of the village, plagued by insecurity. The cost of this quick impact project is worth US$48,300. During the…
"Every cloud has a silver lining". The expression has been used by Jeanine, Alain, and Henry, the three staff working for the city hall in Beni who are pleased with the improvement in their working conditions since the construction of the new building, financed by MONUSCO. Almost two years after the inauguration of the new city hall, they still do not seem to have come down from their little cloud. “The city hall fire was a necessary evil" to…
The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Goma Peace Court now has three buildings entirely financed by MONUSCO. The first rehabilitated building houses the public prosecutor's office of the Peace Court of Goma. It has been completely refurbished: the hall, the courtroom, the two detention cells for men and women, and three sanitary blocks. It is completely covered with a new roof, repainted and paved after the fire that severely damaged and consumed…
"Recruiting children into the army before they reach the legal age of majority means depriving them of their right to education". Since December 2022, the Army and Police have launched recruitment campaigns to strengthen their ranks and tackle the insecurity that is rife in some provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. MONUSCO is supporting these operations, notably by organizing screenings, i.e. processes to identify and verify the age of…
“The excellent joint work accomplished by the Ituri provincial authorities in all the civilian, military and police components, and by our MONUSCO colleagues in all their civilian, military and police components are producing concrete results: thousands of people are protected”. On a visit to Bunia in Ituri province, the UN Under-Secretary General for peace operations Jean Pierre Lacroix made this statement in his meeting with the politico…
“Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the DRC. Our troops are the visible face of the United Nations, they are the ones who plan and generate the activities for the protection of the most vulnerable Congolese citizens”. UN Force Commander in DRC, Lieutenant General Otavio MIRANDA FILHO said during the celebration of the Peacekeepers’ Day in Goma, North Kivu on Monday 29 May. The ceremony was marked by a joint parade bringing together the…
In the depths of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of the biologically diverse Virunga National Park, in Beni, South African peacekeepers stood to attention. While flags flew high in the cool breeze, and clay dust settled beneath the wings of the newly arrived airplane, a sense of African solidarity filled the air. Walking up the steps from the runway to MONUSCO’s Republic of South Africa Battalion base, the visitors from…