- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Some progress in the fight against impunity but rape still widespread and largely unpunished
NEW YORK / KINSHASA (9 April 2014) – Rape and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remain very serious concerns, with thousands of victims, in particular in the east of the country, over the past four…
North Kivu:
Following strong increase in volcanic activity in Goma areas, Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO offers support to provincial authorities Kinshasa, 13 April 2014: “MONUSCO has offered assistance to the North Kivu authorities and…
MONUSCO raises awareness of the need for peace in school environment in Kasaï Occidental province
Thursday 03 April 2014 - in Kananga, the administrative capital of Western Kasaï province, the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized through its Public Information Section in…
MONUSCO facilitates Congolese artists’ training in the use of social networks
Goma, 4 April 2014 – At the initiative of a young Congolese blogger by the name of Guylain Balume Muhindo, founder of the "Social Medias for Artists" who, after studying cinema and social medias understood the importance of…
MONUSCO Deputy-Police Chief visits different MONUSCO units
Goma & Beni, 1st - 3rd April 2014 – MONUSCO Deputy-Police Chief, Colonel Tabasky Diouf paid a working visit to Goma and Beni. The purpose of the visit was to make an assessment of the relocation and installation processes…
MONUSCO welcomes women’s participation in anti-personnel landmine action
Goma, 04 April 2014 - This year, the commemoration of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Goma, the administrative capital of the North-Kivu province was marked by reflections around the…
Eastern DRC: Substantial support for Congolese Police training
Goma - MONUSCO through UNPOL and its partner IOM (International Organization for Migration (IOM) started implementing two major capacity-building projects for the Congolese National Police in the East of the Democratic…
DRC: MONUSCO pledges support to the organization of DRC’s elections, says Martin Kobler
Kinshasa – During his visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI in French acronym) Monday 21 April, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Katanga:
Martin Kobler expresses MONUSCO’s solidarity with Congolese people following the railway tragedy in Kamina Kinshasa, 23 April 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO expresses heartfelt sympathies to the families of the victims…
MONUSCO Force commander visits former ADF stronghold in Beni
Goma- 24 April 2014. General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) travelled to Beni on 16 April 2014 on a 3 days visit…
The new head of MONUSCO FIB calls on residual armed groups to lay down their weapons
General Ramadhan Abdul Kimweri, from Tanzania, is the new commander of MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade. He assumed office on 15 April, in replacement of his countryman, General James Mwakibolwa who returned home after one…
MONUSCO rescues victims of railway accident in Katanga
Kinshasa - 25 April 2014. United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo reports a train of the Congolese Railway Network known as SNCC derailed on 22 April 2014, near Katongola bridge, about fifty…