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MONUSCO sensitizes female media professionals in Kasaï Occidental
Kananga, 23 March 2013 – Public awareness campaign for 40 media professionals including 30 women in Kananga, Kasai Occidental province, ended on Friday 22 March 2013. The theme of the workshop was: "Gender, women's…
The Ultimate Guide to Volunteering Abroad and Volunteer Travel
Volunteering abroad is something many people sit and think about doing when they reach their teenage years and beyond. If you are wondering what it would be like, our advice is to stop thinking about it and go research one of…
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…
The UN SG, Ban Ki-moon, travels to the Great Lakes Region with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
After concluding his visit to Mozambique on 22 May, the Secretary-General will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which will be the first leg of a three day joint visit with World Bank Group President Jim Yong…
In Africa’s Great Lakes region, peace dividend must follow peace deal
By Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Kim Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours…
UN Special Envoy voices concern over renewed fighting in the eastern DRC
Kinshasa, 21 May 2013 - Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, has expressed her concern about the recent outbreak of fighting in locations near Goma, in the eastern…
The youths of Kananga, Western Kasaï, strive to develop civic responsibility in their province
Kananga, 17 May 2013 – In Kananga, Western Kasai province, the Electoral, Public Information and Civil Affairs sections of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…
UN Special Envoy to Great Lakes Region meets Congolese Civil Society
Kinshasa, 22 may 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mary Robinson, met with Congolese civil society representatives in Kinshasa on Tuesday for an exchange of views…
Security Council approves intervention force to target armed groups in DR Congo
28 March 2013 – The Security Council today authorized the deployment of an intervention brigade within the current United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to address imminent…