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Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities. Photo MONUSCO/Force
Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities
The torrential rains that fell on the city of Uvira, in the South Kivu province, from Thursday 16 to Friday 17 April 2020, caused floods with significant material damage and several deaths (about thirty reported to date). If…
David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’. Photo MONUSCO/Force
David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’
‘’ What we have seen and heard is just unacceptable." It was a visibly shocked David Gressly speaking on Friday April 17, 2020 from Bunia airport before flying to Goma, wrapping up a 24-hour visit to Ituri. Upon arriving the…
COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani
COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma
Even if there are very few cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Goma, the capital city of the North Kivu province, the fact remains that masks and barrier gestures are essential in order to prevent possible spread…
United Nations Under-Secretary-General Catherine Pollard and Head of MONUSCO Leila Zerrougui, speaking with staff of the UN Mission in Kinshasa. Photo MONUSCO / John Bompengo
USG Catherine Pollard interacts with MONUSCO staff
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, Catherine Pollard, is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the first time. During her visit, from 24 to 28 November 2019…
Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns" Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo
Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns"
The UN Victims' Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, is on a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of her mandate. Her role is to ensure that the rights and dignity of victims are at the forefront of the…
Peacekeepers from the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on patrol in the Irumu Territory, Ituri, to deter ADF activities. Photo MONUSCO/Force
UN working to prevent attacks on civilians in eastern DR Congo
Peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were conducting extensive patrols in the east of the country on Tuesday, one day after demonstrators set fire to buildings to protest lack of…
A MONUSCO Female peacekeeper calls for an end to sexual exploitation and abuse
RDC: MONUSCO explains its policy against sexual exploitation and abuse to civil society organizations in Kananga
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized an awareness-raising session on March 12 to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel…
MONUSCO police take advantage of patrols to raise awareness about the Coronavirus pandemic.
ITURI : MONUSCO calls on the population to comply with the preventive measures against Covid-19
Faced with increased acts of banditry in the town of Bunia and its surroundings, in the Ituri Province, MONUSCO police (UNPOL) are cautiously continuing their simple and security patrols. In this context characterized by the…
Cecilia PIAZZA, MONUSCO Chief of Office in Ituri, RDC.
ITURI: MONUSCO condemns the heinous crimes committed in the territory of Djugu and continues to provide support to FARDC
Djugu Territory is going through a very difficult situation. Attackers are looting civilian properties, killing innocent people, torching houses and shops, attacking defence and security forces, including MONUSCO peacekeepers…
Displaced populations return to their villages thanks to the improvement of the security environment
North Kivu: Monusco raises awareness among Nobili populations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Since mid-March, the displaced populations in Kamango and Nobili, in the chiefdom of Watalinga, more or less 70 km north-east from Beni, have gradually started to return home. This return, which takes place in a context…