Cecilia PIAZZA, MONUSCO Chief of Office in Ituri, RDC.
ITURI: MONUSCO condemns the heinous crimes committed in the territory of Djugu and continues to provide support to FARDC
Djugu Territory is going through a very difficult situation. Attackers are looting civilian properties, killing innocent people, torching houses and shops, attacking defence and security forces, including MONUSCO peacekeepers…
Displaced populations return to their villages thanks to the improvement of the security environment
North Kivu: Monusco raises awareness among Nobili populations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Since mid-March, the displaced populations in Kamango and Nobili, in the chiefdom of Watalinga, more or less 70 km north-east from Beni, have gradually started to return home. This return, which takes place in a context…
MONUSCO Chief condemns the killings in the territory of Djugu. Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo
ITURI: MONUSCO Chief condemns the killings in the territory of Djugu.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chief of MONUSCO, Leila Zerrougui, has today condemned the killings committed in the territory of Djugu, Ituri province, over the…
Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities. Photo MONUSCO/Force
Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities
The torrential rains that fell on the city of Uvira, in the South Kivu province, from Thursday 16 to Friday 17 April 2020, caused floods with significant material damage and several deaths (about thirty reported to date). If…
David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’. Photo MONUSCO/Force
David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’
‘’ What we have seen and heard is just unacceptable." It was a visibly shocked David Gressly speaking on Friday April 17, 2020 from Bunia airport before flying to Goma, wrapping up a 24-hour visit to Ituri. Upon arriving the…
COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani
COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma
Even if there are very few cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Goma, the capital city of the North Kivu province, the fact remains that masks and barrier gestures are essential in order to prevent possible spread…
MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus
BENI: MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women in Beni, North-Kivu province, have come forward as key players in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. With support from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic…
Ituri: MONUSCO hands over two sites for FRPI disarmament to the government. Photo MOUSCO/Jean Tobie OKALA
Ituri: MONUSCO hands over two sites for FRPI disarmament to the government
On Monday, 11 May 2020, Monusco handed over two sites to the provincial government to be used for the disarmament and demobilization of militiamen from the Ituri Patriotic Resistance Force, FRPI. The two sites are erected in…
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi. Photo MONUSCO
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi
In total, around 100 participants (including 30 women) from local authorities, community leaders, civil society, youth and women's associations have taken part since May 9 in a series of trainings organized by MONUSCO Bunia…
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Beni: MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women in Beni, North-Kivu province, have come forward as key players in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. With support from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic…
Pacification of Ituri : Leila Zerrougui interacts with national members of parliament from this province. Poto MONUSCO/ChernoJallow
Pacification of Ituri : Leila Zerrougui interacts with national members of parliament from this province
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Leila Zerrougui met with a delegation of eight national members of parliament from Ituri in Kinshasa on May 18. The…
Elena Schiatti : "My greatest happiness is to see the peaceful smile on the face of a survivor of sexual violence when justice is done to her". Photo MONUSCO
Elena Schiatti : "My greatest happiness is to see the peaceful smile on the face of a survivor of sexual violence when justice is done to her".
| PORTRAIT | Kasaï province in the Democratic Republic of Congo experienced a serious security crisis between 2017 and 2018, following the rebellion triggered by the Kamwina Nsapu militia against the State security forces…