Community Liaison Assistants (CLA) from the Civil Affairs section build the capacity of local partners to participate and be directly involved in the protection of their communities / Photos MONUSCO
Ituri: In Djaiba, Local Population and Internally Displaced Persons Have Every Faith in MONUSCO
“ Thanks to MONUSCO peacekeepers we have settled here. They protect us. The day they leave here, we will also have to move to avoid being killed by the Codecos,” said a displaced woman from the Djaiba camp, in the Walendu…
Several messages were launched by blue helmets to the participants and the local communities, in particular highlighting the need to focus on peace and to refuse to join armed groups. / Photos MONUSCO
International Day of Peace: Young People from Bunia and Fataki Sensitized to Tolerance and Fraternity
It is with students and their teachers that the International Day of Peace observed on September 21 of each year was commemorated this Wednesday in Ituri. In Bunia first, the Bangladeshi blue helmets brought together around…
Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting. Photo MONUSCO/DDR
Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting
Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in exchange for huge financial promises. After 4 years of a life of violence, he surrendered to MONUSCO…
Photos CARINE TOPE
International Day of Peace: More than 300 Students in Kinshasa Sensitized on Hate Speech
In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public Information office…
Deputy Heads of MONUSCO, Khassim Diagne and Bruno Lemarquis, in Interaction with the Population in South Kivu. Photo MONUSCO/Sy Koumbo
Deputy Heads of MONUSCO, Khassim Diagne and Bruno Lemarquis, in Interaction with the Population in South Kivu
The two deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim Diagne, in charge of protection and operations, and Bruno Lemarquis, humanitarian and resident coordinator, were on mission to South Kivu…
Komanda: Gradual Resumption of Activities Thanks to Joint Action FARDC and MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO
Komanda: Gradual Resumption of Activities Thanks to Joint Action FARDC and MONUSCO
A little over a year ago, Komanda, the administrative capital of the Basili chiefdom, 80 km from Bunia, in the territory of Irumu, Ituri, came under attacks from the ADF, the Mai-Mai and the FPIC, Patriotic and Integrationist…
Shabunda Equipped with Water Collection and Distribution Network by MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO/DDRRR
Shabunda Equipped with Water Collection and Distribution Network by MONUSCO
The administrator of the Shabunda territory, Feruzi Bimpa, inaugurated on September 26, 2022, the water collection and distribution network (150 m3 water tank and 48 standpipes) offered by the United Nations Stabilization…
Ituri :Young Girls in Bunia Sensitized Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse /Jean-Tobie Okala
Ituri: Young Girls in Bunia Sensitized Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
“ This activity helped us to broaden our knowledge and better understand what sexual exploitation is and how to prevent it. Before, we had some vague notions of this phenomenon, but thanks to this awareness session, we…
ITURI :Population in Fataki Appreciative of Improved Security Situation in their Area. Photos/ MONUSCO.
ITURI : Population in Fataki Appreciative of Improved Security Situation in their Area
In Ituri, the security situation has improved significantly on the national road number 27 in the territory of Djugu. On this road section, going from Bunia, the provincial capital, to the locality of Fataki, over 90 km, the…
Nepalese peacekeepers have rehabilitated several stretches of road mainly in the territories of Irumu and Djugu, which are among the most affected by insecurity in Ituri. / Photos MONUSCO
ITURI : MORE THAN 350-KM ROADS REHABILITATED BY MONUSCO SINCE 2019, TO FACILITATE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AND TO BOOST TRADES
Since 2019, MONUSCO, through the Nepalese engineers’ company of its Force, has rehabilitated over 350-km roads in Ituri province. This is not its main mission, but part of the civilians’ protection, which is the core of its…
PR. The Secretary General deeply concerned by the resumption of hostilities between the FARDC and the M23
The Secretary General is deeply concerned by the resumption of hostilities, since 20 October, between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the 23 March Movement (M23), which resulted in civilian casualties, massive…
The joint patrols are intended above all to reassure the population of North Kivu. Photos MONUSCO / Alain Wandimoyi
North Kivu: resumption of joint patrols between MONUSCO and Congolese security forces
Joint patrols between MONUSCO and Congolese security forces have resumed in the city of Goma and its outskirts after being suspended following violent protests in the city of Goma last July. Planned about ten days ago, in…