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Photo: Jean-Michel Lybhula/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 19 September 2011 – A two-week training program for 150 officers and inspectors of the Congolese Judicial Police started in Mbandaka on 14 September. Initiated by the Congolese…

Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 19 September 2011 - "I can assure you that everything is in place to provide security for the upcoming elections," the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Roger…

Operation "Kuta Futa" (The Search) started from 18 to 22 August 2011.It was jointly conducted by Bangladeshi Contingent (BANBAT-1) and FARDC in South Irumu near Lake Albert and Uganda border in Ituri district of Oriental…

Photo: Alberto Mbuwa Kinshasa, 16 September 2011 – Three cargo planes transporting three hundred tons of electoral material landed at N'Djili International Airport, in the Congolese capital, on 14 and 15 September. This first…

Photo: John Bompengo/Radio Okapi Kinshasa, 12 September 2011 – Radio Okapi, the UN-managed radio station in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented a charter laying down its communication policy during the country's…

Photo: Maude Fournier Kisangani, 8 September 2011 – The question on how to reinvigorate the fight against sexual violence in Province Orientale was at the center of discussions at a meeting in Kisangani, the provincial…

Alain Likota/MONUSCO Bukavu, 6 September 2011 – The Jules Moke instruction centre in Bukavu, Sud-Kivu province, served as the venue for the launching, on Monday, 5 September 2011, of a training program intended for 279…

Photo: Sylvain LIechti/ MONUSCO Goma, 6 September 2011 – United States Ambassador in charge of United Nations reforms, Joseph Torsella, recently visited Goma, Nord Kivu province, to see first-hand the challenges facing United…

Photo: Alberto Mbuwa/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 6 September 2011 – A two-day training workshop for leaders of political parties and civil society organizations, as well as women leaders and media professionals took place in Equateur…

Photo: Emmanuel Tombo Tombola Bandundu, 29 August 2011 – A three-day training session for 55 elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Bandundu province, western Democratic Republic of Congo…

Kinshasa, 06 September 2011: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is following closely the progress so far achieved in the electoral process, especially with regard to the…

Photo: Gabriel Wamenya. Goma, 30 August 2011 – The appointment of an army colonel, Zabuloni Muniatware, commonly called "Col. Zabuloni", as the new Police Chief in the Masisi territory, Nord Kivu province, has stirred up…