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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
South Kivu: At least 20,000 people gain access to clean and safe water thanks to MONUSCO
South Kivu, 1st July 2015 — Wednesday 1st July saw the official handover by MONUSCO of a completed potable water supply project which will benefit about 20,000 people in and around the Natural Science Research Center (CRSN)…
Kolwezi: MONUSCO Detachment in Kolwezi redeployed to Bendera
A MONUSCO-Lubumbashi delegation met last Friday with the municipal authorities of Kolwezi, some 300 km from Lubumbashi, to inform them that the MONUSCO detachment that was based in their town had been transferred to the…
North Kivu: UNPOL concludes the training of 400 Congolese National Police staff members
Rutshuru, 27 June 2015 – The accelerated basic training for 400 Congolese National Police personnel in the North-Kivu province initiated by MONUSCO Police Component was officially closed on 27 June 2015 by General AWACHANGO…
MONUSCO Police organizes a training session for women in the North Kalemie
Kalemie, 1 July: To participate in the fight against poverty and malnutrition in Tabacongo village, situated 17 km away from North Kalemie, MONUSCO Civilian Police organized an accelerated training session in favor of about…
Kisangani: MONUSCO organizes a training workshop for local journalists
Thursday 2 July in Kisangani, Oriental Province, saw the opening of a three-day training workshop on “the practice of political journalism » for the benefit of 40 journalists from different radio stations across the province…
Uvira: MONUSCO Pakistani contingent celebrates the 55th anniversary of the DRC’s independence
Uvira, 1st July 2015 – The Camp Jina, headquarters of the Pakistani contingent of MONUSCO-Uvira (PakBatt) held a big celebration on Tuesday 30 June 2015 on the occasion of the DRC’s Independence day, in spite of the Ramadan…
MONUSCO builds journalists’ capacities at the Ruzizi plaine, South-Kivu province
Uvira, 2 July 2015 – Seventeen journalists including 3 women from Kiliba, Sange and Luvungi took part in a training session for media professionals at the Ruzizi plaine in Uvira from 1st through 2nd July 2015. The training…
Bukavu: MONUSCO participates to the organization of 30-day activism for conflicts-affected children
Bukavu, 3 July 2015 – Thirty-day activism for the children affected by armed conflicts was launched on Friday 3rd July 2015 by Ms. Gisèle Balegamire, Minister of Justice within the framework of the International Day of the…
Joint Press Release - Private Sector Investment Conference in Africa's Great Lakes
The leaders of the Great Lakes launch a Private Sector Investment Conference to strengthen economic development and integration Kinshasa, 7 July 2015 – Under the auspices of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF…
MONUSCO calls on the population to get involved in the fight against recruitment of Child soldiers
This sensitization campaign on child protection was organized in the margin of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Célestine Assuie of MONUSCO child protection…
11 July 2015: World Population Day
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, and Diene Keita, UNFPA Representative in the DRC, reaffirm the need to protect women and adolescents in emergency situations Kinshasa - 11 July 2015 "MONUSCO remains strongly committed to…
MONUSCO supports Magistrates’ educational session in Kalemie
Kalemie – 9 through 10 July 2015: For two days, Kalemie hosted a purely educational session aimed at building Magistrates’ technical and professional capacities as well as moral skills with a view to making them more…