BUNIA: MONUSCO contingents deliver vocational training to empower local youths
Bunia, 10 February 2020- A four-week basic computer training session for Ituri’s youths organized by the MONUSCO Bangladeshi contingent, in coordination with the local government took place this month. A graduation ceremony…
Female Engagement Team of MONUSCO’s Indian Battalion exchanges with the Lac Vert community in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan
Goma: Lac Vert’s residents request MONUSCO to increase security patrols in the area
A part of its mandate of protection of civilians, a team from the MONUSCO Force Indian Battalion, including members of the battalion’s Female Engagement Team (FET), met on 6 February with residents of Lac Vert, a neighborhood…
FARDC and MONUSCO repel ADF attack in Mbau. Photo MONUSCO Michael Ali
North Kivu: FARDC and MONUSCO repel ADF attack in Mbau
The populations of the district of Mbau, in the territory of Beni, resumed their daily activities this Wednesday, February 12, reassured by a strong presence of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and…
MONUSCO rehabilitates major road in Beni to facilitate troops’ and local populations’ mobility.
MONUSCO rehabilitates major road in Beni to facilitate troops’ and local populations’ mobility.
As part of its mandate, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) often carries out road rehabilitation works in its area of responsibility not only to…
Congolese government and FRPI armed group have signed a peace agreement, much to the relief of the local population
DRC: Congolese government and FRPI armed group have signed a peace agreement, much to the relief of the local population
The Congolese Government signed on Friday, February 28 in Gety, roughly 60 km from Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, a peace agreement with the ‘’Force de Resistance Patriotique de l’Ituri’’ (Patriotic Resistance Force…
DRC: Women gaining access to senior positions locally thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.
DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.
In the Ruzizi plain, South Kivu province, a hundred women and young people have benefited, for two and a half years, from a project intended to restore social cohesion between communities in conflict and local authorities…
Major Jarin Sultana: " I am proud to have served under the UN flag in the DR Congo"
- International Women's Day
Major Jarin Sultana: " I am proud to have served under the UN flag in the DR Congo"
After 12 months of good and loyal services in the cause of peace and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Major Jarin Sultana from the Bangladeshi peacekeepers’ contingent serving within MONUSCO, has left the host…
Serving under the Blue Helmet and wearing the Pakistani flag in a UN peacekeeping mission is an honour for me
My 8 favourite things about being a peacekeeper
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, Major Samia Rehman from Pakistan shares her 8 favourite things about working as a UN peacekeeper. She serves as an operational planning officer with the UN Stabilization Mission in the…
Hope for peace revived after the agreement reached with armed group in Ituri
DRC: Hope for peace revived after the agreement reached with armed group in Ituri
On February 28, following the tough MONUSCO-facilitated negotiations, DRC Government and the former armed group Force known as ‘’Resistance Patriotique de l’Ituri (FRPI)’’ have signed a peace deal ending decades of armed…
UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians
UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians
A series of human rights training courses have been organized since last February by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Beni, north-Kivu…
A MONUSCO Female peacekeeper calls for an end to sexual exploitation and abuse
RDC: MONUSCO explains its policy against sexual exploitation and abuse to civil society organizations in Kananga
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized an awareness-raising session on March 12 to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel…
MONUSCO police take advantage of patrols to raise awareness about the Coronavirus pandemic.
ITURI : MONUSCO calls on the population to comply with the preventive measures against Covid-19
Faced with increased acts of banditry in the town of Bunia and its surroundings, in the Ituri Province, MONUSCO police (UNPOL) are cautiously continuing their simple and security patrols. In this context characterized by the…