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Lubero: MONUSCO supports military justice in trials for sexual violence

Mobile court hearings conducted by the Butembo Military Court began on Thursday, 26 June, in the town of Lubero, North Kivu. Ninety-two defendants, including 45 Congolese soldiers and 47 civilians, are facing charges of rape, sexual violence, child abduction, and extortion.

02 Jul 2025

Visit of Deputy Secretary General Amina J Mohammed in Goma

Goma, 27 July 2017 - The Deputy Secretary-General Madam Amina J Mohammed has taken a firm resolve to ensure that the women in the MUGUNGA consolidated camp for Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp return home in “Dignity and Humanity” which is not a favor but a right she said.

27 Jul 2017

Peace is the 'bedrock' for women's development and human rights UN deputy chief says in DR Congo

25 July 2017 – The importance of reversing the tragedies of violence, particularly against women and children, and ensuring that women's and girl's voices are heard in all aspects of society are at the core of the second leg of a high-level United Nations-African Union (AU) missi

25 Jul 2017

Zainab Hawa Bangura in sympathy with victims of sexual violence in the DR Congo

Goma, North Kivu: The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflic Ms Zainab Hawa Bangura has been to Heal Africa Hospital to visit cases of women of sexual violence in Goma on the 14th of October 2016.

18 Oct 2016

Use of whistle blowing to fight sexual exploitation and abuse

Bunia – 9 August 2016 : 40 students from 8 universities participated in an awareness-raising workshop on the fight against sexual exploitation and abuse organized by MONUSCO’s conduct and discipline unit in partnership with the local NGOs: Justice-Plus, Le Bon Samaritain and SOFE

10 Aug 2016