Ituri: recruitment of young people into the police force set for November 10th to 25th

Bunia, November 6^th, 2025 (CPA) – The recruitment process for young people to join the Congolese National Police (PNC) in the province of Ituri, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been set for November 10^th to 25^th, according to a document consulted on Thursday by CPA. “The divisional commissioner Ngoy Sengelwa Kyo, provincial commissioner of the PNC/Ituri, has announced that applications will be accepted from November 10^th to November 25^th, 2025. This recruitment drive is part of efforts to strengthen police forces in order to respond to security challenges in the province,” it is read. The conditions for application, the source has specified, “include: being of Congolese nationality, aged 18 to 35, single, of good character, in possession of one’s civil rights, having no criminal record, and not having been dismissed from public service or a state-owned enterprise. “The required application file must include, among other things: a handwritten letter addressed to the commissioner general of the PNC, a copy of the voter card or passport, a certificate of physical and psychological fitness, a certificate of good character, a valid criminal record extract, a state diploma, and a certificate of single status,” it is added. According to the source, the applications must be submitted to the PNC headquarters in Bunia for city residents and to territorial police stations for those living within the province. It has also encouraged female applicants in order to promote gender balance within the police force. This recruitment is part of a drive to professionalize the police in Ituri, with a view to improving security and providing a local service for the benefit of the population.