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Hope for peace revived after the agreement reached with armed group in Ituri
DRC: Hope for peace revived after the agreement reached with armed group in Ituri
On February 28, following the tough MONUSCO-facilitated negotiations, DRC Government and the former armed group Force known as ‘’Resistance Patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI)’’ have signed a peace deal ending decades of armed…

UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians
UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians
A series of human rights training courses have been organized since last February by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Beni, north-Kivu…

A MONUSCO Female peacekeeper calls for an end to sexual exploitation and abuse
RDC: MONUSCO explains its policy against sexual exploitation and abuse to civil society organizations in Kananga
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized an awareness-raising session on March 12 to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel…

MONUSCO police take advantage of patrols to raise awareness about the Coronavirus pandemic.
ITURI : MONUSCO calls on the population to comply with the preventive measures against Covid-19
Faced with increased acts of banditry in the town of Bunia and its surroundings, in the Ituri Province, MONUSCO police (UNPOL) are cautiously continuing their simple and security patrols. In this context characterized by the…

MONUSCO pays Tribute to the Peacekeeper killed by Armed Men in Beni
MONUSCO pays Tribute to the Peacekeeper killed by Armed Men in Beni
MONUSCO paid tribute to Sergeant Major Wahyudi Rama from the Indonesian contingent, killed on June 22, in an attack by armed men not far from the Semuliki bridge, on the road to Beni-Kasindi, the territory of Beni, North Kivu…

The Civil Society in Bahema-Nord, Ituri province is reassured by MONUSCO’s and FARDC’s patrols. Photo MONUSCO/Force
The Civil Society in Bahema-Nord, Ituri province is reassured by MONUSCO’s and FARDC’s patrols
The Civil society in Bahema-Nord, Djugu Territory, Ituri province, has welcomed MONUSCO’s action which helped to restore calm in this entity located approximately 73 kilometres from Bunia, east of the DRC. The head of this…

MONUSCO rolls out the construction work of a health clinic for the PNC in Tanganyika. Photo MONUSCO/UNPOL
MONUSCO rolls out the construction work of a health clinic for the PNC in Tanganyika
The laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a health clinic for the Congolese National Police (PNC) in Tanganyika took place on Wednesday July 1, 2020 in Kalemie, Tanganyika province. It is Mr. Houmed Ibrahim…

MONUSCO Police supports the reviving of the coordination tasked to combat gender-based violence. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU
MONUSCO Police supports the reviving of the coordination tasked to combat gender-based violence
The United Nations police (UNPOL) sector serving within MONUSCO in Kananga, Kasaï-Central province, organized with its partners, a brainstorming workshop around the coordination of the responses in the context of the fight…

175 Nepalese MONUSCO peacekeepers honoured for their commitment in the DRC
175 peacekeepers from the Nepalese Engineering Company (NEC) received UN Medals on 3rd July 2020 for their services rendered to MONUSCO. The medal award ceremony was chaired by the North Sector Commander of the UN Force in…

Jonas Byaruanga: How my life of a jobless young man was changed by MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO/JEAN-TOBIE OKALA
Jonas Byaruanga: How my life of a jobless young man was changed by MONUSCO
Ten months earlier, some 20 young men from Bunia, Ituri, underwent a training in cell phone repair given by MONUSCO peacekeepers from Bangladesh. The trainees included Jonas Byaruanga Dhedonga, over 27 who is now running two…
