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MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi. Photo MONUSCO
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi
In total, around 100 participants (including 30 women) from local authorities, community leaders, civil society, youth and women's associations have taken part since May 9 in a series of trainings organized by MONUSCO Bunia…
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Beni: MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women in Beni, North-Kivu province, have come forward as key players in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. With support from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic…
Displaced populations return to their villages thanks to the improvement of the security environment
North Kivu: Monusco raises awareness among Nobili populations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Since mid-March, the displaced populations in Kamango and Nobili, in the chiefdom of Watalinga, more or less 70 km north-east from Beni, have gradually started to return home. This return, which takes place in a context…
MONUSCO Chief condemns the killings in the territory of Djugu. Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo
ITURI: MONUSCO Chief condemns the killings in the territory of Djugu.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chief of MONUSCO, Leila Zerrougui, has today condemned the killings committed in the territory of Djugu, Ituri province, over the…
Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities. Photo MONUSCO/Force
Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities
The torrential rains that fell on the city of Uvira, in the South Kivu province, from Thursday 16 to Friday 17 April 2020, caused floods with significant material damage and several deaths (about thirty reported to date). If…
David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’. Photo MONUSCO/Force
David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’
‘’ What we have seen and heard is just unacceptable." It was a visibly shocked David Gressly speaking on Friday April 17, 2020 from Bunia airport before flying to Goma, wrapping up a 24-hour visit to Ituri. Upon arriving the…
Elena Schiatti : "My greatest happiness is to see the peaceful smile on the face of a survivor of sexual violence when justice is done to her". Photo MONUSCO
Elena Schiatti : "My greatest happiness is to see the peaceful smile on the face of a survivor of sexual violence when justice is done to her".
| PORTRAIT | Kasaï province in the Democratic Republic of Congo experienced a serious security crisis between 2017 and 2018, following the rebellion triggered by the Kamwina Nsapu militia against the State security forces…
JOSIANE NZIGIRE : "My wish is to see many more women on the ground alongside the vulnerable populations to give them support and hope.
JOSIANE NZIGIRE : "My wish is to see many more women on the ground alongside the vulnerable populations to give them support and hope."
| PORTRAIT | Her name is Josiane Nzigire. The young Congolese woman has been working since February 2013, as Community Liaison Assistant (CLA) in the Civil Affairs section at the office of the United Nations Mission in the…
AIMEE GHISLAINE MOUDIKI : "As a woman, I make myself useful to the society by helping to save lives"
AIMEE GHISLAINE MOUDIKI : "As a woman, I make myself useful to the society by helping to save lives"
|PORTRAIT| My name is Aimée Ghislaine MOUDIKI, I am 38 years old and I am Chief of the Squadron-Magistrate (Commander) in the Cameroonian Gendarmerie. I was deployed to MONUSCO on August 25, 2019 as a Liaison Officer, to…
JOY MMOTONG, in the service of Peace and the Helicopters/Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani
JOY MMOTONG, in the service of Peace and the Helicopters
|PORTRAIT | Joy MMOTONG wears her cap, nicely fixed over the skull, letting everyone see her short hair, sparkling eye and an attractive smile. Her gray overalls turns out to be her daily costume. Her function : Oryx…