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The development of youth entrepreneurship is an important lever for consolidating peace. Photos MONUSCO / James Nzabara
Sake: MONUSCO Encourages Young People's Entrepreneurship Initiatives for Peacebuilding
The United Nations has long considered the creative imagination, ideals and energy of young people to be essential to the continued development of the peaceful societies in which they live. In that spirit, on May 10, 2022…

For several years, UNPOL has been working alongside the Congolese police to provide the technical support they need. Photos MONUSCO / Rachel Kiese Mbangu
Bukavu: MONUSCO offers an important batch of computer hardware to the PNC
MONUSCO through its head of office in Bukavu, on 16 June, handed over twenty-five (25) desktops, nine (09) laptops, 25 printers, 25 inverters and various accessories to the Congolese National Police. (PNC). The provincial…

According to the head of MONUSCO, even if everything is not settled, "what remains to be managed is manageable with continuity of support". Photos MONUSCO
MONUSCO's withdrawal from Tanganyika: mission accomplished, according to Bintou Keita
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Bintou Keita, assured on Tuesday 21 June 2022 that MONUSCO is withdrawing from Tanganyika province after having accomplished its mission. "…

With the withdrawal of MONUSCO, the United Nations intends to strengthen the presence and role of its agencies, funds and programs in Tanganyika province. Photos MONUSCO / Lydie Betyna
Tanganyika: MONUSCO hands over to UN programs, funds and agencies
June 30, 2022 marks the end of MONUSCO's operations in Tanganyika Province. Although the Mission will maintain a presence in the north of the province, particularly in Nyunzu and Kalemie territories, where there are still…

Prior to this new initiative, the UN Mission's Civil Affairs section had already facilitated the establishment of local security councils in each commune in Beni. Photos MONUSCO
In Beni, MONUSCO encourages citizens' participation in responding to security challenges
" Mulekera is a hot commune". It is with these words that Ben Kawa starts out talking about his commune. He was born there. He grew up there. He lives there. " All the citizen movements started in Mulekera. All the big…

A market is usually a place of cohesion where communities meet, discuss and exchange, thus reducing the possibility of confrontation. Photos Lazare Pélé
In Lubero, MONUSCO renovates commercial premises to boost the economy and reduce community violence
The two main markets in the commune of Lubero and Mulo have been renovated with funding from MONUSCO. In this region, where local armed groups still pose a serious security threat, these trading places are a breath of fresh…

MONUSCO offers a batch of equipment to the National Programme for the Demobilisation of Ex-combatants. Photo MONUSCO/Lydie Betyna
MONUSCO offers a batch of equipment to the National Programme for the Demobilisation of Ex-combatants
During a ceremony held on 28 June 2022 at MONUSCO's "Incal" site in Kinshasa, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC for Protection and Operations, Khassim Diagne, officially handed over a…

MONUSCO and RAPDFEM are launching a project to support women's leadership in conflict resolution and security governance in the Petit Nord.
North Kivu: MONUSCO supports a project to strengthen women's participation in conflict resolution
On the occasion of the celebration of the International Women's Rights Day, the MONUSCO/Goma office, in collaboration with the association RAPDFEM (Network of Associations for the Promotion of Women's Rights), organized on 8…

In Bunia, on 8 March 2023, peacekeepers from MONUSCO's Bangladeshi contingent organized a free medical consultation at Ndromo camp (Ituri). Photos MONUSCO / Lilianne Nyatcha
Ituri: medical consultations, women's football and cultural exchanges on the menu for 8 March 2023
Forty women survivors of sexual violence were made aware of the empowerment of women on 8 March. The police component (UNPOL) of MONUSCO, which carried out this activity in Bunia in the province of Ituri, on the fringes of…

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Goma: MONUSCO supports the project " Women Elders and Ambassadors for Peacebuilding
The consortium of women's organizations in North Kivu launched the "Women Elders and Ambassadors for Peacebuilding" project on Friday, March 17 in Goma, North Kivu. This project consists of setting up, in the 18 neighborhoods…
