Haiti earthquake victims' commemoration ceremony
Kinshasa, 12 January 2011 - United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) in unity with the entire United Nations global family, paid tribute to the Haiti disaster victims by observing 47 second-silence to mark…
Jordanian Special Forces reward best performing students in Beni
Beni, 12 January 2011 - The Jordanian Special Forces (JSF) of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in D.R. Congo deployed at Beni, North Kivu province distributed school kits among the outstanding school children of the…
Ituri: MONUSCO rehabilitates Bogoro-Aveba Road
Bunia, 06 January 2011 - The Head of Ituri Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated the recently rehabilitated road between Bogoro and Aveba, in Irumu territory, last week. The…
MONUSCO provides active support to the National Sovereign Dialogue of Youth
Kinshasa, 10 January 2011 – The first National Sovereign Dialogue of DRC Youth (in French) with participants from all the provinces and the diaspora was held from January 5 to 8. This took place within the framework of the…
MONUSCO Donates Prison Uniforms in Bunia
Bunia, 03 January 2011 - Prison guards at the Bunia Central Prison have been presented with new uniforms that makes them easily identifiable. In all twelve officers, two of them women, received the uniforms from MONUSCO…
MONUSCO Trains Mbandaka Youth on the Core Concept of Peace
Mbandaka, 28 December 2010 – MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section in Mbandaka brought together a number of young men and women on 28 December 2010 to train them on the concepts of peace and conflict resolution. At the end of the…
National Police Trained on Securing the Electoral Process
Bunia, 26 December 2010 – As a prelude to the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO Police organized a training of trainers' session for the Congolese National Police in Bunia. The ten-day refresher…
Kindu District Women Sensitized by MONUSCO Electoral Division
Kindu, 20 December 2010 – In the framework of the ongoing process for the review of voters' list in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO's Gender and Electoral Division was in Kindu today to sensitize women on the…
North Kivu: MONUSCO peacekeepers build markets in Loufou and Kirumba
Goma, 19 December 2010 - MONUSCO peacekeepers of the Indian battalion (INDBATT) in North Kivu recently constructed two markets in the villages of Loufou and Kirumba. These villages are at 195 and 200 km respectively north of…
Military Observers Promote Peace through Sports
Kinshasa, 19 December 2010 - MONUSCO Western Brigade Commander, Brig Gl Martin Owusu-Ababio, distributed 70 soccer balls to team site leaders who gathered in a symbolic ceremony in Kinshasa on 19 December to promote peace and…
Military Observers Promote Peace through Sports
Kinshasa, 19 December 2010 - MONUSCO Western Brigade Commander, Brig Gl Martin Owusu-Ababio, distributed 70 soccer balls to team site leaders who gathered in a symbolic ceremony in Kinshasa on 19 December to promote peace and…
UN supports certification of the natural resources in the Big Lakes Region
Lusaka, 15 December 2010 - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Asha Rose Migiro, has said that regional stability depends on sound mechanisms, which are a prerequisite for peace consolidation and sustainable…