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…
MONUSCO’s Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit decorated in Bunia
Photo: Amadou Maiga/ MONUSCO Bunia, 15 September 2011 – The mood was festive in Bunia, capital of Ituri district, in the northeastern Province Orientale, on 14 September, as the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) based in…
MONUSCO trains 150 judicial police officers and inspectors in Equateur province
Photo: Jean-Michel Lybhula/ MONUSCO Mbandaka, 19 September 2011 – A two-week training program for 150 officers and inspectors of the Congolese Judicial Police started in Mbandaka on 14 September. Initiated by the Congolese…
MONUSCO’s Chief, Roger Meece, says ready to ensure security during elections
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 19 September 2011 - "I can assure you that everything is in place to provide security for the upcoming elections," the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Roger…
First batch of electoral material arrives in the DRC
Photo: Alberto Mbuwa Kinshasa, 16 September 2011 – Three cargo planes transporting three hundred tons of electoral material landed at N'Djili International Airport, in the Congolese capital, on 14 and 15 September. This first…
Radio Okapi sets own road map for DRC’s elections
Photo: John Bompengo/Radio Okapi Kinshasa, 12 September 2011 – Radio Okapi, the UN-managed radio station in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented a charter laying down its communication policy during the country's…