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The MONUSCO Office of Gender Affairs has launched a series of projects aimed to improve security and participation of women and girls in the DRC during the electoral process. The first project entitled ‘Research Action’ aimed…

Kinshasa, 08 November 2011: The United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is deeply concerned by the rising spate of pre-electoral violence in many parts of the country…

Goma, 08 novembre 2011 - Le Bureau Conjoint des Nations Unies au Droit de l'Homme a organisé un atelier d'un jour le vendredi 04 novembre 2011 à l'hôtel Ihusi de Goma à l'intention d'environ 50 activistes des Droits de l…

South Kivu, 3 October 2011 - Pakistan Army confronted an armed group in Sabele village and made them flee this village located 32 Km South West of Baraka in South Kivu. These troops, part of the UN Stabilization Mission in…

Photo: MONUSCO/Alain Likota Bukavu, 20 October 2011 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary –General and Head of the UN Stabilisation Mission in the DRC Congo, Roger Meece, was in Bukavu, the provincial…

Photo: MONUSCO/Tahina Andriamamonjitianasoa/ Sud Kivu, 17 October 2011 - The United Nations Police in the Sud Kivu province jointly with the Congolese National Police Force (PNC) is currently training 700 police officers of…

Photo: MONUSCO/Clara Padovan Nord-Kivu, 17 October 2011 – As part of the activities aimed at supporting the restoration of the State Authority, MONUSCO with GIZ's (German Agency for International Cooperation) financial…

Kinshasa, 16 October 2011 - The NGOs Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), The Carter Center and Search for Common Ground, along with the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), have launched a competition to reward the best…

This report presents the findings of the investigations undertaken by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) into the mass rapes and other human rights violations committed during the attacks on 13 villages…

Photo: MONUSCO/RSA Goma, 5 October 2011 - Two attacks on civilians by unidentified armed men took place in the Masisi territory, Nord-Kivu province, on 30 September. The first one occurred in the village of Kitchanga, 80 km…

Photo: MONUSCO Kisangani, 4 October 2011 - A two-day symposium to sensitize political parties and stakeholders on the need for peaceful elections in Province Orientale was organized by the United Nations Stabilization Mission…

Maj Jaidev Singh Guleria (India) who passed away in an unfortunate road accident on 07 Oct 2011 joined MONUSCO as MILOB on 10 Nov 2010. The officer served as MILOB at Team Site Masisi in North Kivu Bde for seven months prior…