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MONUSCO, UNICEF, UNDP and INEC promote open and peaceful elections in Ituri
Photo: Bilamekaso Tchagbele/MONUSCO Bunia, 30 September 2011 – In a joint effort to help achieve peaceful elections in the Ituri district, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of…
General Harinder Singh becomes the new Commander of Nord Kivu Brigade
Photo: MONUSCO Goma, 5 October 2011 - Brigadier-General, Harinder Singh, an infantry officer, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take over the command of Nord Kivu Brigade on 3 October 2011. His predecessor…
Nord Kivu Brigade Commander bids farewell to DRC
Photo: MONUSCO Kinshasa, 5 October 2011 – The soft spoken Brigadier-General Chandi Prasad Mohanty is on his way out of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after more than a year of service in this country with the blue…
Interview: General Babakar Gaye on official visit to DRC
Photo: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO Lieutenant-General Babakar Gaye, Military Advisor to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 25 to 30 September, to meet…
Graduates of Vocational Training Centre in Nord Kivu receive certificates
Photo: Maj Ramesh Gurung/MONUSCO Beni, 30 September 2011 – Peacekeepers of the 15th Nepalese Battalion awarded seven students their graduation certificates at a ceremony organized in Beni, Nord Kivu province, on 28 September…
Security under control in Isale and Bulambo, says UN team
Photo: Moussa Demba Diallo/ MONUSCO Beni, 19 September 2011 – For two days, starting on 13 September 2011, a joint UN team visited the localities of Isale and Bulambo, Nord-Kivu province, Eastern DRC to verify allegations…
Prison conditions need improvement in Equateur, says MONUSCO
Photo: Myriam Asmani/MONUSCO Mbandaka, 12 September 2011 – A delegation from the Corrections Unit of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) was in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur…
General Chander Prakash explains MONUSCO’s contingency plan for the next six months
Photo: Biliamino Alao/MONUSCO The Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Lt. Gen. Chander Prakash, was in Bukavu, South Kivu province, for two days starting…
Peacekeepers rout armed elements of Mai Mai Cheka
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 14 September 2011 – It was like re living a Hollywood-type action movie in Walikale territory, Nord-Kivu province, on 9 September 2001. An alert about an attack by the rebel Mai Mai Cheka…
MONUSCO rewards three schools for their efforts to promote peace
Photo: Alberto Mbuwa/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 15 September 2011 – Three secondary schools in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province, were recompensed by United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) as a source of…