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Pétronille Vaweka. Photo MONUSCO/Lydie Betyna Ipanga
Action for Peacekeeping: “I try to awaken humanity in every person” says Pétronille Vaweka
Women are often shut out of conflict resolution processes the world over, despite clear and growing evidence that their engagement improves the likelihood of reaching peace agreements and the chances those agreements will be…
Transcript of the Joint Briefing by the SRSG-Head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita and the Minister of Communication and Media, Patrick Muyaya
Patrick Muyaya : ‘’ We are working on increasing the force's strength, notably with the programming law, because we want to recover the regal missions that are ours.’’
DRC: Call for Urgent Action to Prevent Sexual Violence Against Displaced Women in and around Camps
In a statement released on July 13, 24 United Nations entities that make up the United Nations Network against Sexual Violence in Conflict, led by the United Nations Special Representative Pramila Patten, joined the latter’s…
On 26 December 2023, MONUSCO officially closed its base in Lubero, North Kivu, after 21 years of presence. / Photos MONUSCO
MONUSCO Closes its Base in Lubero
MONUSCO officially closed its base in Lubero, located in North-Kivu, eastern DRC, after 21 years presence. The event took place on Tuesday, 26 December 2023 in its military base; in attendance, various contingents, namely…
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In Beni, UNMAS Supports Identification of Police and Army Weapons To Facilitate Control Thereof
The operation to mark police and army weapons ended on Thursday, March 30, in the town of Beni. Supported and financed by MONUSCO's Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the operation aimed to identify weapons held by police and…
"This training will help us learn how to conduct an investigation in the field because Beni is a very complex terrain," said a judicial police inspector. Photos MONUSCO/Joel Bofengo
Beni: UNPOL trains Congolese police officers to conduct criminal investigations
On Wednesday 5 April, MONUSCO police launched two training courses for twenty Congolese police officers in the town of Beni. For ten days, two groups of ten police officers will be trained respectively on the direction of…
PR: MONUSCO denounces attack on helicopter which wounds two UN peacekeepers in North Kivu
Kinshasa, February 02, 2024 : A MONUSCO helicopter carrying out a medical evacuation came under fire from suspected M23 armed group elements near Karuba in Masisi territory in North Kivu. The attack wounded two United Nations…
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Main trends in human rights violations in the DRC - 1st January to 31st December 2023
In 2023, UNJHRO documented 5,273 human rights violations and abuses throughout the country; an average of 439 violations and abuses per month, representing a 12% decrease from the previous year. This decrease, which confirms…
PR: MONUSCO is concerned by the heavy loss of lives after an unauthorised demonstration in Goma
Kinshasa, 31 August 2023: MONUSCO, has received reports of the deaths of civilians during an unauthorised demonstration in Goma on Wednesday 30 August 2023.
Le général Enock Ntonya salue la collaboration dont il a bénéficié de la part de l’armée congolaise et des populations locales durant son mandat à la tête de la FIB.
General Enock Ntonya: "We do a lot, every day, for the return of peace to eastern DRC".
" Contrary to what some people think, we do a lot, every day, and even outside the Beni region, for peace to return to eastern DRC". General Enock Ntonya, outgoing commander of the MONUSCO Intervention Brigade (FIB), made…