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The joint patrols are intended above all to reassure the population of North Kivu. Photos MONUSCO / Alain Wandimoyi
North Kivu: resumption of joint patrols between MONUSCO and Congolese security forces
Joint patrols between MONUSCO and Congolese security forces have resumed in the city of Goma and its outskirts after being suspended following violent protests in the city of Goma last July. Planned about ten days ago, in…
Women are essential to effective peacekeeping as they often have better access to communities through women and children / Photos MONUSCO
Women Peacekeepers Play a Unique and Critical Role in the DRC
Veiled by the heated sun and surrounded by the lush green landscape of Kiwanja Valley in North-Kivu, thirty-one Moroccan peacekeepers stood to attention in a seamless line, as they awaited to receive their Medals of Honor. As…
These rehabilitations are a perfect example of a successful joint effort between MONUSCO and Congolese construction/rehabilitation actors / Photos MONUSCO
North and South Kivu: MONUSCO rehabilitates bridges of socio-economic importance
For many years, MONUSCO has provided technical, logistical and financial support for the rehabilitation and construction of bridges, not only to facilitate the mobility of the Blue Helmets in their operations to protect…
This project was executed as part of MONUSCO's Quick Impact Projects (QIP) through its Justice Support Section. Photos MONUSCO / Ado Abdou
Ituri: MONUSCO Builds Courtroom for Bunia Court of Appeal
As part of its mandate to support the institutions of the Republic, MONUSCO has built and equipped a courtroom for the Court of Appeal in Bunia, Ituri province. Marc-Karna Soro, head of the MONUSCO Ituri office, officially…
UN Volunteers (UNV) program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo now has more than 500 volunteers, including 300 working for MONUSCO and others for Funds and Programs of the Agencies of the UN system.
DRC: UN Volunteers Fly to the Rescue of Vulnerable Children
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the programs for the West and Central Africa Region that has a significant number of volunteers in the field. It now has more than…
The development of youth entrepreneurship is an important lever for consolidating peace. Photos MONUSCO / James Nzabara
Sake: MONUSCO Encourages Young People's Entrepreneurship Initiatives for Peacebuilding
The United Nations has long considered the creative imagination, ideals and energy of young people to be essential to the continued development of the peaceful societies in which they live. In that spirit, on May 10, 2022…
For several years, UNPOL has been working alongside the Congolese police to provide the technical support they need. Photos MONUSCO / Rachel Kiese Mbangu
Bukavu: MONUSCO offers an important batch of computer hardware to the PNC
MONUSCO through its head of office in Bukavu, on 16 June, handed over twenty-five (25) desktops, nine (09) laptops, 25 printers, 25 inverters and various accessories to the Congolese National Police. (PNC). The provincial…
According to the head of MONUSCO, even if everything is not settled, "what remains to be managed is manageable with continuity of support". Photos MONUSCO
MONUSCO's withdrawal from Tanganyika: mission accomplished, according to Bintou Keita
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Bintou Keita, assured on Tuesday 21 June 2022 that MONUSCO is withdrawing from Tanganyika province after having accomplished its mission. "…
With the withdrawal of MONUSCO, the United Nations intends to strengthen the presence and role of its agencies, funds and programs in Tanganyika province. Photos MONUSCO / Lydie Betyna
Tanganyika: MONUSCO hands over to UN programs, funds and agencies
June 30, 2022 marks the end of MONUSCO's operations in Tanganyika Province. Although the Mission will maintain a presence in the north of the province, particularly in Nyunzu and Kalemie territories, where there are still…
Prior to this new initiative, the UN Mission's Civil Affairs section had already facilitated the establishment of local security councils in each commune in Beni. Photos MONUSCO
In Beni, MONUSCO encourages citizens' participation in responding to security challenges
" Mulekera is a hot commune". It is with these words that Ben Kawa starts out talking about his commune. He was born there. He grew up there. He lives there. " All the citizen movements started in Mulekera. All the big…