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The United Nations Volunteers organize a Tshukudu race in Goma (DRC) to celebrate solidarity
A Tshukudu race for peace in North Kivu – Unique in the world, Tshukudu is a wooden-made bicycle traditionally used for the transportation of heavy goods in the region. Saturday, March 16, 2013, no less than one hundred and…
The UN SG, Ban Ki-moon, travels to the Great Lakes Region with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
After concluding his visit to Mozambique on 22 May, the Secretary-General will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which will be the first leg of a three day joint visit with World Bank Group President Jim Yong…
In Africa’s Great Lakes region, peace dividend must follow peace deal
By Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Kim Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours…
UN Special Envoy voices concern over renewed fighting in the eastern DRC
Kinshasa, 21 May 2013 - Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, has expressed her concern about the recent outbreak of fighting in locations near Goma, in the eastern…
The youths of Kananga, Western Kasaï, strive to develop civic responsibility in their province
Kananga, 17 May 2013 – In Kananga, Western Kasai province, the Electoral, Public Information and Civil Affairs sections of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…
Statement on the Kampala Dialogue
Entebbe, 11 November 2013: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russ Feingold, Special…
MONUSCO equips the professional training center of Beni
Beni, 7 November 2013 – In Beni, North Kivu province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on Tuesday, 5 November 2013, gave a set of sewing machines to the…
Participate to the race for solidarity 7 December 2013
The United Nations Volunteers, in partnership with the National Secretariat of the Volunteering and the Subcluster Handicap, organizes a race for solidarity in Kinsasha on December 7, on the occasion of International…
MONUSCO alarmed by child recruitment in DRC
Kinshasa, 23 October 2013: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, is extremely concerned over persistent reports of child recruitment by armed groups in the DRC and…
MONUSCO extremely concerned about renewed fighting in the east of DRC
Kinshasa, 25 October 2013: MONUSCO is extremely concerned about the resumption of hostilities between the FARDC and the M23 in the Kibumba area, province of North Kivu. “I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint. I…