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Head of MONUSCO on fight North of Goma: “We will not tolerate attacks against civilians”
Kinshasa, 22 August 2013 – On 21 August, fighting resumed between FARDC and M23 in the Kibati area, 15 km north of Goma. Populated areas and UN positions were directly targeted by mortars and hit by indiscriminate fire. "I…
National Police needs more females in its ranks in the Eastern province of D.R. Congo
Kisangani, 19 August 2013 – Congolese National Police in the Eastern province will launch soon a recruitment campaign for more women to join the police force. To support this initiative, the UN Police (UNPOL) in Kisangani…
MONUSCO trains 40 media professionals in Western Kasai
Kananga, 4 July 2013 – A group of 40 journalists, including editors-in-chief and editors, from the different radio stations across Western Kasai province, received training from the Public Information Office of the United…
MONUSCO trains Uvira’s and Fizi’s journalists
Uvira, 5 July 2013 – Sixty journalists from community radio stations belonging to the Network for Synergy of the Media Outlets of Uvira and Fizi territories attended a two-day training workshop from 14 to 15 June in the town…
MONUSCO renovates the maternity ward of Oicha Hospital, North Kivu province
Beni, 5 July 2013 - In Beni, North Kivu province, Nepalese peacekeepers of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo ( MONUSCO), on 3 July 2013 handed over to the local authorities a completely renovated…
Celebration of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Western Kasai
Kananga, 26 June 2013 – In Kananga, the provincial capital of Western Kasai, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was celebrated on Wednesday, 26 June 2013, with a workshop for human rights activists…
The United Nations welcome that « Criminalization of torture in the DRC is moving forward »
Kinshasa/Geneva 9 July 2013 – Two years after the enactment of the law criminalizing torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) welcomes progress in the fight against this scourge and the first convictions…
New Special Representative of the UN SG in the DR Congo, Martin Kobler, takes up his duties today
Kinshasa, 13 August 2013 – Martin Kobler arrived today at the Headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) to assume his duties as the Special Representative for the United…
MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade ready to respond to armed groups in North Kivu
Goma, 14 August 2013 - Following requests from several local and foreign media, Tanzanian and South African Special Forces of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of MONUSCO displayed a show of force during a training…
UN envoy stresses need to tackle impunity in DR Congo
7 September 2013 – A top United Nations official focusing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stressed the need to address impunity in the country, which has seen massive displacement over the past year along…