In Beni, City Hall Officials are Still Enjoying their New Premises, Built by MONUSCO
"Every cloud has a silver lining". The expression has been used by Jeanine, Alain, and Henry, the three staff working for the city hall in Beni who are pleased with the improvement in their working conditions since the…
In Samboko Village in Beni, MONUSCO Installs Streetlights to Reduce Insecurity
Samboko, a village located 58 kilometers from the city of Beni in North Kivu, now has public lighting. Before MONUSCO installed solar streetlights there, the population faced darkness which caused cases of insecurity…
MONUSCO Discusses the Dangers of Disinformation with Students in Beni
MONUSCO organized Tuesday, June 13, an awareness day for a hundred students from the Bilingual Christian University of Congo (UCBC) in Beni, North Kivu. This awareness-raising is part of a series of activities the Mission is…
Laila Bourhil from Goma: “Transition is Not a Simple Handover Process But a Transformation of UN Presence in DRC”
MONUSCO and the government validated Thursday, June 15 in Goma, the Terms of Reference of the integrated provincial transition team. This team is now operational in North Kivu. The integrated provincial transition teams are…
Pramila Patten in DRC: "Sexual violence is devastating, we must act now before it's too late
Ten years ago, the United Nations and the Congolese government signed a joint communiqué on combating conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This document, signed on March 30, 2013 and amended…
The young participants will form a digital army capable of detecting false information and images taken out of context and countering them with the real facts. Photos MONUSCO
Kinshasa: Young People Trained in Content Production Pledge to Fight Disinformation
“From a smartphone, I will produce videos to echo good information”. Blessing Kasasi, aged 15, is a women's and children's rights activist. She participated in a training in Kinshasa supported by MONUSCO on the production of…
Transcript of the Joint Briefing by the SRSG-Head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita and the Minister of Communication and Media, Patrick Muyaya
Patrick Muyaya : ‘’ We are working on increasing the force's strength, notably with the programming law, because we want to recover the regal missions that are ours.’’
DRC: Call for Urgent Action to Prevent Sexual Violence Against Displaced Women in and around Camps
In a statement released on July 13, 24 United Nations entities that make up the United Nations Network against Sexual Violence in Conflict, led by the United Nations Special Representative Pramila Patten, joined the latter’s…
MONUSCO Chief wraps up consultation tour in eastern DRC
During her tour, Bintou Keita consulted with provincial governments and different communities on the priority actions needed for a smooth but accelerated transition process. Read the full story here ➡️ press_release.pdf
The participants were unanimous on one point: during election periods, women are often the victims of insults and intimidation from their political opponents. / Photos MONUSCO
MONUSCO trains female politicians in digital security to deal with cyber-harassment during elections
As part of the fight against cyber-harassment against politically active women, MONUSCO Gender section in collaboration with the feminist movement “Bisobasi Telema” (Women, Let Us Rise) organized from August 14 to 15 in…
Patrick contacted the National Refugee Committee (CNR) based in Kibabi, Masisi territory, so that his case could be examined by MONUSCO DDR/RR section. / Photos Tijs Magagi Hoornaert
PDDRC-S: how the choice of paternity brings Patrick, a Rwandan ex-combatant, back to his country
On a Monday in 1993, when civil war broke out in his country, Patrick (*) was just four years old. His father was forced to take his family to safety and leave the town of Giciye in Rwanda for the province of North Kivu in…
At Ngungu, the second chance is for anyone who is ready to stand up and contribute to their own development and that of their community. / Photos Tijs Magagi Hoornaert
DDR - Reintegration: a second chance for everyone in Ngungu
Marcelinne instinctively puts on a sincere smile when asked about her dream. For a second, the words won't come out of her mouth, then she finally answers: doctor. In reality, such an answer wasn't always so obvious. "At home…