MONUSCO and FARDC launch Operation “Amani Kamilifu” against the FDLR
Bukavu, 16 February 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese Armed forces (Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo - FARDC)…
Transitional justice: A better understanding of the mapping of victims
Matadi, 14 February 2012 – The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) organized a workshop in the port city of Matadi on 14 February on the issue of reparation for victims within the framework of transitional…
MONUSCO supports civil society in Fizi territory
Uvira, 16 February 2012 – A delegation led by the officer-in-charge of Civil Affairs in the Uvira Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Sud Kivu…
Community Radio Journalists Trained by Radio Okapi in Equateur Province
Mbandaka, 16 February 2012 – Between 15 and 21 February 2012, Radio Okapi of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and its partner, the NGO Fondation Hirondelle organized a…
17 villages of Bas-Congo now accessible thanks to a road funded by MONUSCO
Matadi, 13 February 2012 – Seventeen villages around the port city of Matadi, Bas-Congo province, are now opened up thanks to an access road that will allow the rural population of this community to establish mutually…
Congolese media sensitized for the protection of human rights in Kasaï Occidental
Mbuji Mayi, 9 February 2012 - The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Kasaï Oriental organized on 7 February 2012, a day of reflection on the role of social media in the promotion of human rights. The…
Life returns to normal in Luvungi, Nord Kivu, thanks to the National Police
Goma, 8 February 2012 - Following the July and August 2010 mass rapes perpetrated by presumed elements of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) against civilian populations in Luvungi, about 40 km from…
MONUSCO campaigns against HIV/AIDS and STDs’ infection in Kananga prison
Kananga, 7 February 2012 – The Corrections Unit of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the provincial Sanitation Department in Kasaï Occidental and…
Nyiragongo Volcano Eruptions: Ten Years Later
Goma, 19 January 2012 – 17 January 2012, ten years after the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), in partnership with the Goma Volcano Observatory (OGV in French), organized…
MONUSCO builds a courthouse in Kasaï Oriental for the Tshilenge Prosecutor’s Office
Mbuji-Mayi, 29 January 2012 – The Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Mbuji-Mayi inaugurated a new building for the Prosecutor's Office and the…
Matadi: MONUSCO seeking ways for peaceful resolution to local conflicts
Matadi, 31 January 2012 – The work plan midterm review of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Office was conducted from 29 to 31 January 2012…
Towards a peaceful resolution of community conflicts in Kasaï Oriental
Mbuji Mayi, 27 January 2012 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Office organized a two-day meeting with the Provincial Ministry of Interior…