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The population of Pinga, Nord Kivu, welcomes the work of MONUSCO
Goma, 26 February 2013 – A joint protection team, composed of seven staff members of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and two partners from the NGO Search for…
Empowerment of the rural woman in Secli-Wendji, Equateur province
Secli-Wendji, 22 March 2012 – Some 300 women in Secli-Wendji, a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Mbandaka, capital of the Equateur province, attended a workshop organized by the Office of Public Information of the United…
Kasaï Occidental is gearing up for the forthcoming elections
Kananga, 22 March 2012 – In preparation for the forthcoming local elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) especially in the Kasaï Occidental province, the Office of Public Information of the United Nations…
MONUSCO Blue Helmets construct a market for the people of Kibingu
Goma, 29 March 2012 – The Indian battalion of the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Nord Kivu has constructed a market for the people of Kibingu village in…
MONUSCO commemorates 2011 UN plane crash victims
Kinshasa, 4 April 2011 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) paid homage to the memory of the victims in the April 2011 UN plane crash. At the mission's main…
Peacekeeping: a partnership with Africa
By Hervé Ladsous* There is an African saying that "One hand cannot tie a bundle". Very few proverbs describe the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations so well. The success of a peacekeeping mission requires the…
DRC militia leaders responsible for upsurge in violence must be held accountable - Pillay
GENEVA, 31 May 2012 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed alarm at the significant increase in large-scale atrocities by armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo –…
MONUSCO and Civil Society meet with the press
Goma, 29 May 2012 – Over 200 people representing the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), local civil society groups, the Congolese National Police, political and…
UNPOL reinforces the capacity of PNC for better protection of civilian populations
Kisangani – 25 May 2012 – The United Nations Police (UNPOL) held, on 24 May 2012, a day-long training workshop for some 32 Congolese National Police (officers) to strengthen their ability to better protect civilian…
Starved inmates continue to escape from Tshela prison, Bas-Congo province
Matadi, 18 May 2012 - On the night of 17 to 18 May, 24 inmates escaped from Tshela prison, 210 km west of Matadi, the capital of Bas-Congo province. Earlier in the week, on 16 May, detainees refused to return to their dorms…