Senegalese police officer serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo awarded 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year
Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year. Major Diouf currently leads a task force that helps to prevent and end sexual exploitation…
UN Police patrol team raise young people’s awareness about MONUSCO's mandate. Photo: MONNUSCO/UNPOL
UN Police patrol team raise young people’s awareness about MONUSCO's mandate
As part of the protection of civilians, a joint patrol team consisting of MONUSCO Policewoman Officer, Moussa Adizatou and ten (10) members of the Formed Police Unit from Egypt, conducted an awareness-raising and information…
"Populations’ collaboration is key to defeat Ebola," says Abdou Dieng. Photo: MONUSCO/Archives
"Populations’ collaboration is key to defeat Ebola," says Abdou Dieng
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The (new) United Nations Deputy Coordinator for Emergency Response to Ebola Virus Disease (EERC) has been in Bunia since Wednesday. Abdou Dieng came to get first-hand information about the situation…
Radio Okapi installs a studio in Butembo
BUTEMBO, November 6 th, 2019: Radio Okapi officially opens its studio in Butembo, North Kivu province for the production and broadcasting of its programs locally. The installation of the studio and the recruitment of…
MONUSCO HAS ORGANIZED TRAINERS’ TRAINING FOR DRC’S PRISON STAFF
Kinshasa 06 November 2019: MONUSCO Correctional Service Support Unit (UAAP) organized in Kinshasa from 5 to 6 November 2019, a trainers’ training workshop for prison staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Altogether…
SUD-KIVU: UN team on Joint Assessment Mission to Minembwe
Uvira, 8 November 2019 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, led a joint mission to Minembwe on 7 November 2019. Besides MONUSCO representatives, members of the…
Training session for female PNC staff on gender-based sexual violence (SGBV) issues at the PNC headquarters in Kalemie. Photo MONUSCO / Marcelline COMLAN
United Nations officials welcome the signing of an Action Plan to fight sexual violence by the Congolese National Police
New York / Kinshasa, 11 November 2019 - Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy…
RDC: François Grignon stresses the importance of setting up a mechanism for sustainable protection of civilian populations
The Acting Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Protection and Operations, François Grignon, interacted with the media on Wednesday, 13 November around the UN Mission’s activities and the…
SUD-KIVU: Local ethnic communities condemn Violence in Fizi and Uvira territories. Photo MONUSCO/Fiston Ngoma
Sud-Kivu: Local ethnic communities condemn Violence in Fizi and Uvira territories
Uvira, November 15, 20189. - Under the facilitation of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the NGO known as Alert International, ethnic communities in Uvira took part in…
General Thierry Lion in Beni: '' We are amidst sovereign and unilateral operations, prepared by the FARDC ''. Photo MONUSCO/Force
General Thierry Lion in Beni: '' We are amidst sovereign and unilateral operations, prepared by the FARDC '' (Interview)
MONUSCO Force acting Commander, General Thierry Lion, gave an interview to Radio Okapi on 18 November, in which he clarified the role played by MONUSCO in the ongoing operations conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic…
North Kivu: MONUSCO builds capacities for Provincial Members of Parliaments on parliaments’ procedures and practices. Photo MONUSCO
North Kivu: MONUSCO builds capacities for Provincial Members of Parliaments on parliaments’ procedures and practices
Forty-eight provincial MPs and sixteen political and administrative staff members from the North-Kivu Provincial Assembly are receiving 2-day training, from 20 to 21 November in Goma as part of retraining and induction…
United Nations is currently holding a training for the Congolese police personnel about securing refugees’ relocation process
Bunia, November 16, 2019 - Twenty members of the Congolese National Police Force (PNC), including two women police, from Isiro, Kinshasa, Faradje, Dungu and Bunia have been receiving a 12-day training since November 11 in…