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The Inhabitants of the villages of BWERERE, HALUNGUPA and other surrounding areas welcome the intervention of soldiers from the Malawian contingent in the region. Photo MONUSCO / Force
Beni: the village of Bwerere regains its tranquillity owing to Malawian peacekeepers’ interventions
Since the permanent deployment in December 2021 of Malawian peacekeepers (MalBatt) to the north-east of Beni town, in North Kivu, the inhabitants of the village of Bwerere have resumed the normal course of their daily…
During a consultative session held on 27 May 2002, 27 young opinion leaders from Goma invited the head of MONUSCO and the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region to become involved in the reactivation and effective implementation of the Addis Ababa Framework Agreement. Photo MONUSCO Civil Affairs / James Nzabara
Return to arms of the M23: young leaders in Goma call out to the United Nations
During a consultative session organized on May 27, 2022 by the Civil Affairs section of MONUSCO in Goma, 27 young opinion leaders from this city, including seven (07) women, invited the head of MONUSCO, Ms. Bintou Keita, and…
Portrait of Franck NZOLANI MAVAMBU
Is there anyone in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) who can say he or she doesn’t know Franck Nzolani Mavambu? No, no, no, don’t raise your hand for this would mean you…
UN Security Council in Kinshasa: “Our visit went beyond our expectations”. Photo MONUSCO. Michael ALI
UN Security Council in Kinshasa: “Our visit went beyond our expectations”
" Our visit went beyond our expectations," said Veronica Cordova Sopria, Deputy Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the UN, at the end of a two-day visit to Kinshasa by a UN Security Council delegation. Kinshasa, October…
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been providing assistance to the election process. Here, in March 2017, a generator is unloaded from a UN helicopter in Popokabaka in the south-west of the country.
DR Congo: Electoral process advancing despite threat of armed groups, Head of MONUSCO tells Security Council
The situation is most worrying in Beni, where civilians, security forces, and the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) continue to come under near-daily attacks, Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the…
Second Implementation Workshop for Improving Security of Peacekeepers, Entebbe
Entebbe, Uganda, 15 Oct 2018 - From 12 to 14 October 2018, MONUSCO joined the Second Implementation Workshop for Improving Security of Peacekeepers at the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe. The activity was organized by the…
On 12 September 2018 in Beni, Kambale, 7 years old, attends school in the Ndindi neighborhod of Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been hit by an Ebola epidemic. There he learned that washing his hands is a good way to prevent Ebola.© UNICEF/Thomas Nybo
Ebola in DR Congo: UN chief ‘outraged’ by recent killings of civilians and health workers
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres said on Monday he is “outraged by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed groups” near Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Secretary-General is outraged by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed groups in the Beni area of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He condemns Saturday's killing of at least…
The Victims’ Rights Advocate for the United Nations, Jane Connors, speaking at a press conference in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.UN Photo/Isaac Billy
‘Many challenges to overcome’ at UN, in fight against abuse: victims’ advocate
The UN is committed to recognizing the rights of victims of sexual exploitation by UN personnel but, when it comes to preventing and responding to abuse, there is a still “a long way to go, and many challenges to overcome,”…
Kananga: MONUSCO and UNDP build capacity of prison staff. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU
Kananga: MONUSCO and UNDP build capacity of prison staff
Thirty-seven (37) prison staff members, including 17 women, of the Central Prison of Kananga on Monday, September 9, 2019, received training on maintaining order in the prison environment. The training course, which lasted 21…