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Bukavu, 26 August 2011 – To help with the registration process of candidates for the upcoming presidential and legislative elections, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…

Photo: Tahina Andriamamonjitianasoa/MONUSCO "How to encourage women candidates to take part in the upcoming elections." Such was the starting point of the latest bi-monthly consultation meeting between political parties and…

Aru, 22 August 2011 – The territory of Aru, some 300 km northeast of Bunia, near Uganda's western border, in Province Orientale, was the venue for meetings between staff members of the Public Information Division of the…

Photo: Indian Battalion, Goma/ MONUSCO Goma, 23 August 2011 – Only days after the launching of Operation 'Silent Valley' on 17 August by peacekeepers of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of…

Kisangani, 20 August 2011 – The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre for the Democratic Republic of Congo (UNMACC-DRC) has, in the past decade, been engaged in identifying areas contaminated by Unexploded Ordnance…

Kisangani, 20 August 2011 – The humanitarian community in Province Orientale celebrated the United Nations' World Humanitarian Day in Kisangani, the provincial capital, on 19 August 2011. The Day is observed annually to…

Dungu, 17 August 2011 - What would be a unique way for a handful of Indonesian peacekeepers to celebrate their national day away from home in a village of a few hundred souls lost in the lush green of the equatorial jungle…

Bunia, 17 August, 2011 – Nicknamed 'Dragon Fire', an operation conducted by the Guatemalan Special Forces under the aegis of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) between 8 and…

Goma, 31 July 2011 – The Rwandan authorities have handed over six gorillas from the Congolese plains that were seized from poachers between 2003 and 2007 to the Congolese government. The handover was made at the Rwanda/…

Kiwandja, 28 July 2011 – As a farewell gift to the people of Rutshuru territory in North-Kivu Province, the Indian infantry battalion based in Kiwandja, some 70 kilometers north of Goma, offered a school block to the deaf and…