MONUSCO
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Press conferences

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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

It is precisely to help them acquire a minimum knowledge of journalism that MONUSCO has organised this training. Photo MONUSCO

Ituri: MONUSCO Builds Journalists’ Capacity

Twenty-three journalists (including seven women) from the four community radio stations in the Walendu Bindi chiefdom, the territory of Irumu in Ituri, received practical training in journalism in a conflict zone. The…
Mame Rokhaya Lo prend son travail au sérieux car, pour elle, la paix est la chose la plus précieuse qui puisse exister. Photos MONUSCO / SENFPU Bunia

Mame Rokhaya Lo: “I Would Like to Be a Source of Inspiration for the Women in Ituri”

Women peacekeepers challenge the traditionally male-dominated landscape in the peacekeeping environment and serve as role models for women and girls to advocate for their own rights and get out of the 0traditional paths. On…
The participation in the Congolese government of Rose Mutombo, Minister of Justice, is the result of women's advocacy through UN Security Council Resolution 1325. / Photo MONUSCO

DRC: Breakthrough in the Implementation of the National Action Plan in line with the UNSC Resolution 1325

Progress has been made in the implementation of the National Action Plan in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, although further efforts are still required in compliance…
BENI: MONUSCO raise awareness of vulnerable women about the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation. PHOTO MONUSCO/Michael Ali
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BENI: MONUSCO raise awareness of vulnerable women about the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation

The Conduct and Discipline team of MONUSCO office in Beni, North Kivu, organized on March 26 an awareness-raising workshop for vulnerable women, generally referred to as "free women" in other words unmarried women, on the…
DRC: MONUSCO Supports the New Demobilization Program for Ex-combatants. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope

DRC: MONUSCO Supports the New Demobilization Program for Ex-combatants

The Democratic Republic of Congo has adopted a national strategy for the implementation of the Demobilization, Disarmament, Community Recovery and Stabilization Program (P-DDRCS) for ex-combatants. The appropriation ceremony…
MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Blue Helmets Killed in Helicopter Crash

MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Blue Helmets Killed in Helicopter Crash

MONUSCO paid a last tribute to the eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Serbia who lost their lives in helicopter crash on March 29 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The…
MONUSCO Advocates for Positive Masculinity among DRC Security Forces. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope

MONUSCO Advocates for Positive Masculinity among DRC Security Forces

MONUSCO Gender Section organized on March 31 in Kinshasa, an awareness-raising workshop on the promotion of positive masculinities as a tool in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. Roughly sixty officers and…
BENI: MONUSCO's Malawian Contingent Trained in the Jungle Combat Techniques. Photo Monusco/ Tadziwana Kapeni

BENI: MONUSCO's Malawian Contingent Trained in the Jungle Combat Techniques

The Brazilian Jungle Warfare Mobile Training Team (JWMTT) wrapped up, on April 1, a training in the jungle warfare mobile techniques for the Malawian Contingent (MALBATT) troops deployed within MONUSCO Force Intervention…

United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) – on 1 July 2010. It was done in accordance with Security Council resolution 1925 of 28 May to reflect the new phase.