MONUSCO brings Kananga fuel storage fire under control
Kananga, 8 June 2012 – Firefighters from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) put out a fire that started at a fuel storage facility in a busy area of Kananga…
MONUSCO provides clean water to Mbandaka University hospital
Mbandaka, 2 June 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated on Peacekeepers Day a water pump at the University hospital of Mbandaka, the capital of…
MONUSCO Police quells down violence during soccer game in Kisangani
Bunia, 10 June 2012 – A game between two soccer teams of Province Orientale turned violent on 6 June. MONUSCO police promptly intervened to avert the worst. The soccer game between Association sportive Nika (AS Nika) from…
ADF-NALU at the center of a tripartite meeting between DR Congo, Uganda and MONUSCO
Kisangani, 13 June 2012 – Kisangani, the provincial capital of Province Orientale hosted on Tuesday, 12 June 2012, a tripartite meeting between the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic…
Thirty magistrates trained in Kisangani to address electoral disputes
Kisangani, 13 June 2012 – Thirty magistrates in Kisangani, Province Orientale, attended a training workshop from 12 to 14 June 2012 dealing with conflicts resolution in elections. The training was organized jointly by the…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
FARDC officers receive training to address sexual violence in Ituri
Bunia, 2 June 2012 – Twenty-five officers and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) underwent five days of training on sexual violence. The training, which started on…
UNPOL assist Mpokolo Wa Moy care center in Kananga
Kananga, 15 June 2012 – A newly deployed Formed Police Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kananga, the capital of Kasaï Occidental province, visited…
Internally displaced persons in Binyampuli find refuge at nearby MONUSCO Base
Goma, 28 May 2012 – Scores of villagers in Walikale territory, Nord Kivu province, fled their homes following repeated attacks from armed elements. Some 2000 villagers found refuge in a primary school in Binyampuli, close to…
- Gender
MONUSCO commemorates the 15th anniversary of UNSCR. 1325 (2000)
About 50 women activists converged in Goma on 30 October 15, 2015 to take stock of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in DRC and in North Kivu in particular. The event organized by MONUSCO…
Pillay cites 'appalling' human rights record of leaders of M23 mutineers, fears further abuses
Geneva, 19 June 2012 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expressed deep concern Tuesday about the safety of the civilian population living in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
FARDC training on the issue of sexual violence in Ituri
Bunia, 15 June 2012 –Twenty-five officers and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) underwent five-day training on sexual violence. During the workshop which started on…
MONUSCO explains its role to students in Mbandaka, Equateur province
Mbandaka, 9 June 2012 – « United Nations Peacekeepers : Myths and Realities » was the theme of a conference organized in Mbandaka, Equateur province, on Friday, 8 June 2012, by the Public Information Section of the United…