Tanganyika : MONUSCO encourages Districts Leaders to Collaborate with Police in the Fight against Insecurity.
Tanganyika : MONUSCO encourages Districts Leaders to Collaborate with Police in the Fight against Insecurity
To build and strengthen trust between local actors and the Congolese National Police in the protection of civilians, MONUSCO facilitated, on June 15, a meeting between the social partners and the Congolese National Police (…
ITURI: MONUSCO Rehabilitates a vital bridge to promote trade and improve the population's safety
ITURI: MONUSCO Rehabilitates a vital bridge to promote trade and improve the population's safety
It took three weeks for the MONUSCO Nepalese military engineers to refurbish the Kolomani bridge on the road from Bunia to Mongbwalu in the territory of Djugu, Ituri province. The official handover of this work to the…
MONUSCO pays Tribute to the Peacekeeper killed by Armed Men in Beni
MONUSCO pays Tribute to the Peacekeeper killed by Armed Men in Beni
MONUSCO paid tribute to Sergeant Major Wahyudi Rama from the Indonesian contingent, killed on June 22, in an attack by armed men not far from the Semuliki bridge, on the road to Beni-Kasindi, the territory of Beni, North Kivu…
The Civil Society in Bahema-Nord, Ituri province is reassured by MONUSCO’s and FARDC’s patrols. Photo MONUSCO/Force
The Civil Society in Bahema-Nord, Ituri province is reassured by MONUSCO’s and FARDC’s patrols
The Civil society in Bahema-Nord, Djugu Territory, Ituri province, has welcomed MONUSCO’s action which helped to restore calm in this entity located approximately 73 kilometres from Bunia, east of the DRC. The head of this…
MONUSCO rolls out the construction work of a health clinic for the PNC in Tanganyika. Photo MONUSCO/UNPOL
MONUSCO rolls out the construction work of a health clinic for the PNC in Tanganyika
The laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a health clinic for the Congolese National Police (PNC) in Tanganyika took place on Wednesday July 1, 2020 in Kalemie, Tanganyika province. It is Mr. Houmed Ibrahim…
MONUSCO Police supports the reviving of the coordination tasked to combat gender-based violence. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU
MONUSCO Police supports the reviving of the coordination tasked to combat gender-based violence
The United Nations police (UNPOL) sector serving within MONUSCO in Kananga, Kasaï-Central province, organized with its partners, a brainstorming workshop around the coordination of the responses in the context of the fight…
175 Nepalese MONUSCO peacekeepers honoured for their commitment in the DRC
175 peacekeepers from the Nepalese Engineering Company (NEC) received UN Medals on 3rd July 2020 for their services rendered to MONUSCO. The medal award ceremony was chaired by the North Sector Commander of the UN Force in…
FARDC and MONUSCO repelled an ADF attack on 12 February 2020 in Mbau (Beni, North Kivu). Photo MONUSCO/Michael ALI
DRC: Attacks by ADF armed group may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes
GENEVA / KINSHASA (6 July 2020) – The armed group known as Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has intensified its attacks against civilians in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the last 18…
South-african peacekeepers are awarded un medals. Photo MONUSCO/Force
South-african peacekeepers are awarded un medals
Eight hundred (800) South African National Defense Force members, including 100 female soldiers, were issued with the United Nations Medals after 12-month service within the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Congo…
DRC: Attacks by ADF armed group may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes
DRC: Attacks by ADF armed group may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA / KINSHASA (6 July 2020) – The armed group known as Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has intensified its attacks against civilians in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the…
"Only judicial inquiries will help characterize the crimes" committed by ADF in eastern DRC
During an online conversation with journalists from Beni, in North Kivu province, the Director of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), Abdoul Aziz Thioye, put it clearly "only judicial investigations will…
Attack on Civilian Convoy in Fataki Foiled by MONUSCO and FARDC. Photo MONUSCO/Force
Attack on Civilian Convoy in Fataki Foiled by MONUSCO and FARDC
With the support of the Congolese National Police (PNC) and Uruguayan peacekeepers of MONUSCO, the Congolese army (FARDC), foiled Friday 10 July 2020 an attack by Codeco militiamen against a large convoy of civilian vehicles…