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MONUSCO organizes a weekly press conference every Wednesday that serves as a communication space for the Mission and all UN agencies in DR Congo. The press conference is broadcast live on Radio Okapi and on MONUSCO's web platforms.
contacts :
Spokesman:
Ndeye Khady Lo - Tel: +243 997068227
Media Relations:
Adele Lukoki - Tel: +243 81 89 077 06

United Nations is currently holding a training for the Congolese police personnel about securing refugees’ relocation process
Bunia, November 16, 2019 - Twenty members of the Congolese National Police Force (PNC), including two women police, from Isiro, Kinshasa, Faradje, Dungu and Bunia have been receiving a 12-day training since November 11 in…

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Catherine Pollard and Head of MONUSCO Leila Zerrougui, speaking with staff of the UN Mission in Kinshasa. Photo MONUSCO / John Bompengo
USG Catherine Pollard interacts with MONUSCO staff
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, Catherine Pollard, is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the first time. During her visit, from 24 to 28 November 2019…

Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns" Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo
Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns"
The UN Victims' Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, is on a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of her mandate. Her role is to ensure that the rights and dignity of victims are at the forefront of the…

Peacekeepers from the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on patrol in the Irumu Territory, Ituri, to deter ADF activities. Photo MONUSCO/Force
UN working to prevent attacks on civilians in eastern DR Congo
Peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were conducting extensive patrols in the east of the country on Tuesday, one day after demonstrators set fire to buildings to protest lack of…

Jane Connors calls for "dignified" care for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse. Photo MONUSCO
Jane Connors calls for "dignified" care for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse
The United Nations Victims’ Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, wrapped up her working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, from November 21 to 29, 2019, by the South Kivu province, after visiting Kinshasa and Goma…

Jean-Pierre Lacroix: "Everyone should learn the lessons from what has happened". Photo MONUSCO
Jean-Pierre Lacroix: "Everyone should learn the lessons from what has happened"
During his two-day visit to DRC, UN Peace Operations Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix held a press conference on MONUSCO site in Beni which was damaged by violent demonstrations against the Mission. Mr. Lacroix appealed to everyone…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in her tour of eastern DRC. Photo MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan
DRC: Sexual violence still a painful reality of conflict, a UN official says
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict concluded her tour of eastern DRC after visiting Goma and Bukavu from 29 November to 2 December 2019. Pramila Patten is on her first…

Abdoul Aziz Thioye: "the report on the violence in Djugu is not directed against a community". Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie Okala
Abdoul Aziz Thioye: "the report on the violence in Djugu is not directed against a community"
Bunia, 15 January 2020 - The Director of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, paid a brief visit to Bunia in Ituri on Tuesday, 14 January 2020, to meet with local authorities and the population…

Beni: MONUSCO's mandate at the heart of an exchange between MONUSCO Police and community leaders. Photo MONUSCO/UNPOL
Beni: MONUSCO's mandate at the heart of an exchange between MONUSCO Police and community leaders
A Beni-based MONUSCO Police (UNPOL) team met on Tuesday 14 January 2020 with leaders of the Mulekera and Bungulu communities, in the Bundji health area in Beni, North Kivu, to discuss the mandate of MONUSCO in general, and…

Leila Zerrougui: "There are clarified provisions to make MONUSCO more effective". Photo MONUSCO/Ascain Zigbia Tayoro
Leila Zerrougui: "There are clarified provisions to make MONUSCO more effective".
Kinshasa, 15 January 2020 - During her first press conference for the year 2020, on Wednesday 15 January in Kinshasa, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO, Leila Zerrougui, stated that in…
Independent assessment of MONUSCO’s response to recent attacks against civilians in Béni area, DRC
On 9 December 2019, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations asked Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz to lead an independent assessment of MONUSCO’s response to the high number of attacks against…

The first-ever female Pakistani UN peacekeeping team receives UN medals
South-Kivu, RDC, 4 January 2020 - The first ever Pakistani Female Engagement team in any United Nations (UN) mission around the world received UN medals for serving in the Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of…
