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Nearly Hundred People Buried in Landslide in Masisi territory, North-Kivu Province
Goma, 20 May 2013 – A hundred diggers and villagers were buried following deadly landslide Thursday 16 May 2013 in a mining zone in Masisi. The accident happened six kilometers from Rubaya, a locality situated between Koyi…
Officials of decentralized territorial entities trained in Gbadolite, Equateur province
Mbandaka, 11 April 2013 – From 8 to 10 April 2013, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the Project to Support Decentralization and Local…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
United Nations Peacekeepers: deploying tireless efforts for peace in the DR Congo
Kinshasa, 29 May 2013 – United Nations Peacekeepers are, for obvious reasons, well known by the Congolese population. They have indeed been part of their daily lives for several decades and, in large population centres or…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Celebration of the International Day of Peacekeepers in Kindu, Maniema province
Kindu, 29 May 2013 – In Kindu, the administrative capital of Maniema province in Eastern DRC, the UN peacekeepers' Day was commemorated with a relative splendor. Under the theme: "UN Peacekeeping Day: Adapting to New…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UN Peacekeepers’ Day Commemorated without pomp in Kisangani, Orientale province
Kisangani, 31 May 2013 – The UN Peacekeepers' Day was celebrated in Kisangani, Orientale province, on 29 May 2013, with simple military activities and a reading of the UN Secretary-General's message, in which he paid tribute…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UN Peacekeepers’ Day in Kasaï Occidental
Kananga, 29 May 2013 – In Kasaï Occidental province, the Joint Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), like other peacekeeping missions, marked the…
UN Secretary-General and President of the World Bank Group on official joint visit to eastern DRC
Goma, 24 May 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim arrived in Goma Thursday, 23 May from Kinshasa, on a three-day visit to the Great Lakes region. In…
Brigadier General James Mwakibolwa: New method of combating violence in the DR Congo
Goma, 29 May 2013 - "The Force Intervention Brigade is something very positive," Brigadier General James Aloizi Mwakibolwa said. "The soldiers who are coming in are very professional. They are trained and instructed…
‘‘’When you start working for the UN, it becomes very difficult to come back to a quiet life''
For most of us, being a UN Volunteer provides a first experience within the United Nations system and a unique opportunity to understand what means "working in the field". This is not the case for Philip Harris! When Philip…
The United Nations Volunteers organize a Tshukudu race in Goma (DRC) to celebrate solidarity
A Tshukudu race for peace in North Kivu – Unique in the world, Tshukudu is a wooden-made bicycle traditionally used for the transportation of heavy goods in the region. Saturday, March 16, 2013, no less than one hundred and…