- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
USAID, IOM, MONUSCO Reinforce Congolese Police in Fighting Sexual Violence
Bunia, 25 May 2011 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) granted the Democratic Republic of Congo 2,929,735 dollars to bolster the country's resolve to combat sexual violence. The funds are to…
MONUSCO Supports Peace Efforts in Eastern DRC
Goma, 19 May 2011 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) Civil Affairs Section has just ended a three-day public awareness campaign from 12 May which was to encourage peace…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
DRC Military Train to Fight Sexual Violence in Sud Kivu
Bukavu, 20 May 2011 – Following the high rate of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, both the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)…
Fresh Hope for Homeless Youths in Kisangani
Kisangani, 17 May 2011 – A project to train school dropouts and homeless youths in bakery and soap making was inaugurated on 17 May 2011 in Kisangani, capital of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Province…
MONUSCO’s Sud-Kivu Brigade Launches Operation “Akikisha Usalama”
Bukavu, 18 May 2011 - A new operation code named "Akikisha Usalama," or "Peace by any Means" was launched on 12 May 2011 by the Sud-Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO Supports DRC in its Efforts to Combat Sexual Violence
Kisangani, 16 May 2011 - In Province Orientale's territory of Opala, district of Tshopo, nine Congolese police officers were condemned to jail terms ranging from twelve months to life imprisonment, after a military court…
MONUSCO Says some Hundred Detainees Released in Bukavu since January 2011
Bukavu, 17 May 2011 - Magistrates of the office of the public prosecutor in the district court of Bukavu and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) have been working hand in…
MONUSCO, CENI Urge Congolese to Register Massively for Up-coming Elections
Bukavu, 10 May 2011 – In Sud-Kivu province, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) is helping the National Independent Electoral Commission (French acronym CENI) in its efforts to mobilize large…
MONUSCO Promotes Peace through Theatre
Kinshasa, 9 May 2011 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) sponsored a theater festival involving school children at both primary and secondary levels in…
MONUSCO Sensitizes Congolese Civil Society on Upcoming Elections in DRC
Bunia, 12 May 2011 – The UN Joint Human Rights Office (BCNUDH), and the Public Information and Electoral Divisions organized a training workshop around the theme"Human Rights and Elections" to raise awareness among members of…
Peacekeepers Mark Equator Line in Nord-Kivu, Hope to Promote Tourism in the Area
Beni, 10 May 2011 - The Nepalese Battalion based in Beni, in the province of Nord-Kivu, East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erected on 8 May 2011, an information board on a large stone at the Equator line, in…
MONUSCO Rehabilitates two Water Fountains in the Lubunga District of Kisangani
Kisangani, 4 May 2011 – Two water fountains were inaugurated in the neighborhood of Lubunga, Kisangani, by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), and handed over to the local…