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Martial Mukeba wa Mukeba A training workshop on countering terrorist financing was launched on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, in Beni, North Kivu province. Organized by MONUSCO’s Justice Support Section, this eleven-day workshop aims…

Jean-Tobie Okala General Alain Bamenou of Benin, acting head of MONUSCO’s Police component (UNPOL), began a strategic tour of Ituri and North Kivu on 9 June 2025, aimed at boosting cooperation with the Congolese National…

Jean-Tobie Okala Six months ago, MONUSCO launched a floating cage fish farming project in Tchomia, a commercial hub located 62 km south of Bunia, in Ituri Province. The initiative aimed to reduce community violence and combat…

Martial Mukeba wa Mukeba The Blood Transfusion Center of Beni, in North Kivu, concluded a voluntary blood donation campaign on Wednesday, 11 June 2025. Launched two months earlier among MONUSCO’s civilian and military…

Didier Vignon Dossou-Gbakon Five years had passed before notables from the Ezekere community finally set foot in Mandro again. It was a historic day, marked by emotion, sincerity, and hope, as Lendu and Hema sat face to face…

Martial Mukeba wa Mukeba Twenty-five Congolese prison administration officers from the Beni region in North Kivu, including four women, took part in a training session on June 10, 2025, focused on preventing radicalization…

Joël Bofengo In addition to being a poet and slam artist, Congolese Do Nsoseme Dora is also a photographer. Her work, at the intersection of documentary and conceptual styles, often features staged scenes that challenge…

Jean-Tobie Okala About twenty staff members from the military and civil judicial administration of Beni and Butembo, as well as Congolese police officers, attended two simultaneous training sessions from May 26 to June 5…

ean-Tobie Okala In Beni, North Kivu Province, MONUSCO celebrated World Environment Day on Thursday, June 5, by organizing an awareness campaign and planting trees at a local school. “ It’s a very important day” said Adam…

Didier Vignon Dossou-Gbakon et Jean-Tobie Okala Saturday, May 24, 2025. It is a little past 11 a.m., under the scorching sun, in the Tsere community in the Ituri province. Samuel, in his thirties, watches with a discreet…

Alain Wandimoyi In response to the deteriorating security conditions due to armed conflict in North Kivu province, particularly in the vicinity of Goma, approximately thirty stakeholders from civil society, women's…

Jean-Tobie Okala General Evariste Kakule Somo, Governor of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, was the first to speak on May 28, 2025, in Beni — the provisional provincial capital — on the eve…