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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…
COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani
COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma
Even if there are very few cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Goma, the capital city of the North Kivu province, the fact remains that masks and barrier gestures are essential in order to prevent possible spread…
MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus
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…
Ituri: MONUSCO hands over two sites for FRPI disarmament to the government. Photo MOUSCO/Jean Tobie OKALA
Ituri: MONUSCO hands over two sites for FRPI disarmament to the government
On Monday, 11 May 2020, Monusco handed over two sites to the provincial government to be used for the disarmament and demobilization of militiamen from the Ituri Patriotic Resistance Force, FRPI. The two sites are erected in…
DRC: Women gaining access to senior positions locally thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.
DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.
In the Ruzizi plain, South Kivu province, a hundred women and young people have benefited, for two and a half years, from a project intended to restore social cohesion between communities in conflict and local authorities…
Major Jarin Sultana: " I am proud to have served under the UN flag in the DR Congo"
- International Women's Day
Major Jarin Sultana: " I am proud to have served under the UN flag in the DR Congo"
After 12 months of good and loyal services in the cause of peace and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Major Jarin Sultana from the Bangladeshi peacekeepers’ contingent serving within MONUSCO, has left the host…
Serving under the Blue Helmet and wearing the Pakistani flag in a UN peacekeeping mission is an honour for me
My 8 favourite things about being a peacekeeper
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, Major Samia Rehman from Pakistan shares her 8 favourite things about working as a UN peacekeeper. She serves as an operational planning officer with the UN Stabilization Mission in the…
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…
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…