Support local communities in fighting poverty in Equateur
In Equateur, years of conflict, a lack of basic social services, poor management, low agricultural productivity and chronic poverty have disrupted the balance of local markets and exacerbated the vulnerability of the…
MONUSCO builds North-Kivu Press Center
Goma 10 April 2015: The work for the construction of the North-Kivu Press Center was launched on Thursday 09 April 2015 in Goma by the provincial Governor, Julien Paluku who laid the first foundation stone in the presence of…
Goma: Medal Parade
Goma 11-04-2015: MONUSCO Force Commander General Carlos Alberto Santos Cruz has presided over a Medal Parade at MONUSCO Lava site compound in Goma on 11 April 2015 . The Parade was accompanied by a medal award in recognition…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
New and Emerging Threats Require Renewed Fight against Sexual Violence in Conflict
By Zainab Hawa Bangura An adolescent girl is kidnapped from her village in Iraq and she will be sold or given away to ISIL fighters as a sex slave. In a detention centre in Syria a man is sexually assaulted to punish him for…
Kalemie : UNPOL provides refresher training to agents of authorized security companies
Kalemie (North Katanga), 11 April 2015: The United Nations Police (UNPOL) component of MONUSCO organized a two-day refresher training session for 200 agents representing twelve private security companies. The aim was to…
Katanga: Inauguration of Kasumbalesa-Musoshi prison rehabilitated with MONUSCO support
MONUSCO - Lubumbashi last Wednesday inaugurated the rehabilitated Kasumbalesa-Musoshi prison, during a special ceremony held in the presence of the political-administrative authorities of Sakania territory. The Kasumbalesa-…
“I helped 400 families break free from the armed groups''
The disarmament and demobilization of Congolese and foreign combatants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a key issue in building peace and stability in the country and, more broadly, in the Great Lakes region…
Ituri: MONUSCO encourages women to stand as candidates in forthcoming elections
On 14 April, the Gender and Political Affaires sections of MONUSCO/Ituri took part in an informal meeting, organized by the head of Gender and Family office of the ex-Ituri district, on the issue of women’s potential…
Ending mass crimes, a major challenge for the ICGLR and the United Nations
Bukavu, 13 April 2015 — Putting an end to the most serious violations of human rights in the DR Congo – that is the goal that the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the United Nations Joint Human Rights…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, condemns the murderous attack on civilians in Matiba
Kinshasa, 17 April 2015 – “I am deeply shocked by the killings of civilians near Beni. It is absolutely necessary that FARDC and MONUSCO resume their cooperation. Together it will be possible to avoid a further deterioration…
MONUSCO facilitates dialogue to restore confidence between authorities and population in Aru
More than 30 people representing the civilian and judicial authorities as well as civil society met on12-13 April at the centre d’alerte pacifique of Aru territory to reflect on what mechanisms to put in place in order to…
South Kivu: MONUSCO builds premises for National Police in Ruzizi Plain
Uvira, 17 April 2015 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on Friday 17 April 2015 launched two projects for the construction of premises for the Congolese National Police…