The number of irregular detentions decreases in Sud Kivu province
Bukavu, 19 May 2012 – Relevant officials from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), conducted a meeting with…
Life resumes in Bunagana
Goma, 29 May 2012 – A joint mission composed of military and civilian officials from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) visited Bunagana, a town in Rutshuru…
Gender sensitization workshops across DRC for Congolese Police
Kinshasa, 18 June 2012 - The Office of Gender Affairs of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has completed a series of workshops across the country to sensitize…
Efforts to combat sexual violence must continue
Bukavu, 14 June 2012 - Géneviève Inagosi, the Congolese Minister for Gender, Family and Children, and Marie Oniwa and Elsie Effange-Mbella, respectively Heads of the Sexual Violence and Gender Units of the United Nations…
Official inauguration of Congolese National Police training center in Mugunga
Goma, 18 June 2012 – A sizeable delegation, made of national and provincial authorities, donors and United Nations officials, was in Mugunga, Nord-Kivu province, on Friday, 15 June 2012, for the official inauguration of the…
Children with disabilities in Kisangani plead for more assistance
Kisangani, 18 June 2012 - On the occasion of the African Child Day celebration in Kisangani, Province Orientale, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) brought…
Day of the African child celebrated in Sange, Sud Kivu
Uvira, 18 June 2012 – On 16 June 2012, in Uvira territory, Sud Kivu, one thousand orphaned children celebrated the Day of the African child. The celebrations took place at the Usalama Institute in Sange, Ruzizi plain…
MONUSCO welcomes the surrender of a high-ranking FRPI militia leader
Bunia, 18 June 2012 – Mr M'Hand Ladjouzi, Ituri head of office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomed the surrender, on 16 June 2012, of Lieutenant…
Celebration of International Day of the African Child in Goma
Goma, 21 June 2012 - For this year's International Day of the African Child, more than 300 children gathered at the Youth Center in Goma, Nord-Kivu province, to celebrate in their own special way a day that is dedicated to…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
25 Congolese officers and noncommissioned officers trained on sexual violence in Kisangani
Kisangani, 19 June 2012 – From 16 to 20 June 2012, Twenty five officers and non-commissioned officers of the FARDC 9th Region gathered in Kisangani, Province Orientale, in the framework of a continuous training of trainers in…
An open-door day on Justice in Ituri
Bunia, 23 June 2012 – The Justice Support section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the authorities of the Ituri district, Province…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO trains 40 judges to better enforce the law on sexual violence
Matadi, 22 June 2012 – From 18 to 22 June 2012, in Matadi, capital city of the Bas-Congo province, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office organized a training session for 40 civilian judges. Under the leadership of the…