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The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO director), Abdoul Aziz Thioye, called for strengthening mechanisms to prevent, combat and punish hate speech in the DRC. Photo MONUSCO / Blaise Ndongala
MONUSCO launches appeal against hate speeches in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In recent months, there has been a proliferation of what can be described as hate speech, not only against foreigners but also between Congolese citizens of different ethnic backgrounds. This hate speech has increased since…
The UNJHRO of MONUSCO in Bunia had this building constructed and equipped so that the Provincial Coordination of the CNDH now has an address and is visible. Photos MONUSCO / Jean-Tobie Okala
Ituri: MONUSCO provides the National Human Rights Commission with modern office space
"Before, we had a very small room within the premises of a community radio station where we were suffocated, with five people stuck in a very small room. Imagine the climate in which we could work. During the Covid-19 period…
This five-month project is being implemented by the local NGO Cooperative of Women Living Around and on Mining Sites, COFEVAM. Photos MONUSCO
North Kivu: Twenty women and young girls who survived the violence receive market gardening kits in Nyiragongo
Twenty or so women farmers were given market garden kits on Friday 10 June 2022 in Nyiragongo, in the Rutshuru territory, by the NGO COFEVAM, with the financial support of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO)…
MONUSCO offers a batch of equipment to the National Programme for the Demobilisation of Ex-combatants. Photo MONUSCO/Lydie Betyna
MONUSCO offers a batch of equipment to the National Programme for the Demobilisation of Ex-combatants
During a ceremony held on 28 June 2022 at MONUSCO's "Incal" site in Kinshasa, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC for Protection and Operations, Khassim Diagne, officially handed over a…
Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting. Photo MONUSCO/DDR
Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting
Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in exchange for huge financial promises. After 4 years of a life of violence, he surrendered to MONUSCO…
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International Day of Peace: More than 300 Students in Kinshasa Sensitized on Hate Speech
In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public Information office…
North Kivu: Women peacekeepers from Malawi encourage women in Beni to build peace in their community. Photo MONUSCO/Force
North Kivu: Women peacekeepers from Malawi encourage women in Beni to build peace in their community
As part of the activities commemorating the International Women's Day in Beni, North Kivu, the Women's Engagement Team (FET) of MONUSCO's Malawi Battalion (MALBATT) organized a meeting with women from rural communities in…
UN is bracing for the stabilization in Tanganyika in prelude to Monusco exit
MONUSCO triggered the process for its exit from Tanganyika Province a few months ago. In accordance with the exit plan drawn up for this purpose, the United Nations Mission will no longer have any presence in this province of…
The Inhabitants of the villages of BWERERE, HALUNGUPA and other surrounding areas welcome the intervention of soldiers from the Malawian contingent in the region. Photo MONUSCO / Force
Beni: the village of Bwerere regains its tranquillity owing to Malawian peacekeepers’ interventions
Since the permanent deployment in December 2021 of Malawian peacekeepers (MalBatt) to the north-east of Beni town, in North Kivu, the inhabitants of the village of Bwerere have resumed the normal course of their daily…
The officers of the Beni prison are delighted to be able to work with more modern tools. Photos MONUSCO / Joël Bofengo
MONUSCO facilitates the digitization of data at the central prison of Beni
All records of inmates in Beni's central prison will soon be digitized. To enable the prison staff to properly use these new tools, MONUSCO's Corrections Unit has been holding a three-day training session for them since June…