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On 12 September 2018 in Beni, Kambale, 7 years old, attends school in the Ndindi neighborhod of Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been hit by an Ebola epidemic. There he learned that washing his hands is a good way to prevent Ebola.© UNICEF/Thomas Nybo
Ebola in DR Congo: UN chief ‘outraged’ by recent killings of civilians and health workers
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres said on Monday he is “outraged by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed groups” near Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu…

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Secretary-General is outraged by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed groups in the Beni area of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He condemns Saturday's killing of at least…

The Victims’ Rights Advocate for the United Nations, Jane Connors, speaking at a press conference in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.UN Photo/Isaac Billy
‘Many challenges to overcome’ at UN, in fight against abuse: victims’ advocate
The UN is committed to recognizing the rights of victims of sexual exploitation by UN personnel but, when it comes to preventing and responding to abuse, there is a still “a long way to go, and many challenges to overcome,”…

Portrait of Charlotte SONGUE PRISO
Mrs. Charlotte is the pride of her leadership who greatly appreciate her commitment to serve the most vulnerable people since she joined the United Nations system, 12 years ago. She entered the system as a UN Volunteer and…

Workshop on the International Day to end Impunity for crimes against Journalists in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Michael ALI
Workshop on the International Day to end Impunity for crimes against Journalists in Goma
The Strategic Communications and Public Information Division Goma in collaboration with other Partners has organized a workshop to commemorate the International Day to end Impunity for crimes against Journalist on 2 November…

MONUSCO urges the youth of Kananga to engage in constructive dialogue. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU
MONUSCO urges the youth of Kananga to engage in constructive dialogue
Kananga, 22 June 2018 – MONUSCO Political Affairs Section held an awareness session for forty young people including 11 women in the conference hall of MONUSCO headquarters in Kananga, Kasaï-Central. Drawn from member…

MONUSCO provides support for setting up mobile clinic on internally displaced sites in Katanika. Photo MONUSCO/Francois-Xavier MYBE
MONUSCO provides support for setting up mobile clinic on internally displaced sites in Katanika
Kalemie, 19 June 2018 – Canadian Ambassador, Nicolas Simard inaugurated a mobile clinic in the displaced site at Katanika, 7 km away from southern Kalemie, in the Tanganyika province, in a ceremony attended by provincial…

MONUSCO raises political parties and civil society actors’ awareness of peaceful electoral process. Photo MONUCO/Paulin MUNANGA
MONUSCO raises awareness of political and civil society actors on peaceful electoral process
Lubumbashi, 22 June 2018 – Holding peaceful elections in Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba provinces is the major issue debated by political and administrative authorities as well as political and civil society actors…

MONUSCO Force Commander awards UN Medals to Nepalese peacekeepers.
Photo MONUSCO/Guy KAREMA
MONUSCO Force Commander awards UN Medals to Nepalese peacekeepers
Bunia, 25 June 2018 – MONUSCO Force Commander, Lieutenant-General E. R. Martins Filho presided over UN Award Ceremony in honor of Nepalese peacekeepers of the 21st engineering company at the end of their mission In Ituri…

Demonstration on the use of fire extinguisher by MONUSCO Security Officer for the police members assigned to prison’s security during a training organized by Justice Support Section. Photo MONUSCIO/Bilamekaso TCHAGBELE
MONUSCO organizes fire-fighting training session for UVIRA Prison’s Security Staff
Situated in the city-center, Uvira does not have appropriate security infrastructures and its prison is overpopulated which makes it difficult to cope with a fire that might be reported in the prison premises and prevent…
