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MONUSCO peacekeepers rescue 14 people from a sinking boat on Lake Kivu
For several days waves had been crashing on Goma shore, when on the evening of 5th May an Uruguayan naval patrol picked up weak signals from a passenger ferryboat probably in difficulty soon confirmed by the Unmanned Aerial…
Bukavu: Reflections on how to improve living conditions in South-Kivu prisons
Bukavu, 8 May 2014: Justice Provincial Division organized, in partnership with the NGO “Justice and Democracy”/RCN and MONUSCO, a workshop that brought together prisons warders in the South-Kivu province to facilitate…
Bukavu: Capacity-building for 30 FARDC Officers
South-Kivu, 09 May 2014 - MONUSCO organized between 23rd April - 07 May 2014, in Bukavu, a training for the officers of the 10th Military region of the DRC Armed Forces on new combat tactics, intelligence, information systems…
MONUSCO donates two vehicles to Uvira Local Administration
Uvira, 08 May 14 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Uvira donated two vehicles Toyota Land cruiser made to Uvira territorial Administration and a local…
MONUSCO and NGO “Invisible Children” organize child protection training workshop in Dungu
Dungu, 31 January 2014 – The Child Protection Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with Dungu-based representatives of the NGO Invisible Children, organized a two-day…
Run for solidarity: Break barriers, open doors!
Three, two, one, GO! So started the first run for solidarity held in Kinshasa on 7th December 2013. What was important on this day was not to be the fastest runner, but to show a sense of solidarity and togetherness and make…
Strenghtening local volunteers’ capacities to promote volunteerism
‘‘If volunteerism was an animal, it would be an ant’’, explains a volunteer. ‘‘The ant has solidarity and team spirit. Ants are united and work together to carry their food and act for the good of their team.’’ This was the…
Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief deplores last night’s violence in Bukavu, South-Kivu province
Kinshasa, 21 February 2014: Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC has expressed deep concerns over yesterday’s acts of violence in Bukavu, “such events appeal to everyone’s…
Celebrating the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers in Goma
Goma, 25 February 2014 - In commemoration of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (12 February 2014), the Child Protection Section (CPS) in Goma hosted a week of activities aimed at raising awareness on the…
General Pascal Champion, of France, Arrives in Kinshasa to Take Over as New Head of MONUSCO Police
Kinshasa, 15 January 2014 – It is 17:15 this Wednesday in Kinshasa, when the new chief of the Police component of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Pascal…