UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

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December 1



November 29

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Growing Humanitarian Needs in Goma

    When clashes broke out on 22 November between the M23 rebels and government-allied Mai Mai militias in the town of Sake, near the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with... Read more »



November 28



November 23



November 22

  • Congo-Kinshasa: No Power, Little Safe Water in Goma

    Thirty-one bodies have been collected from streets in and around the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Goma since rebels took it over on 20 November. Ten were... Read more »



November 20



November 17

  • Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's M23 Rebellion Under Pressure [opinion]

    Heavy fighting broke out on 15 November in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and government forces (FARDC), breaking a virtual truce that had lasted... Read more »



November 6



October 19

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Doubts Mount Over Ugandan Mediation

    Uganda's mediation to end the fighting in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government troops and M23 "mutineers", which has caused large-scale population... Read more »

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Continuing Efforts to Contain Ebola

    An Ebola outbreak that has killed several people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appears to be slowing down, but health workers say there is a need for continued... Read more »

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Tough Bargaining With Armed Groups

    A recent incident in the town of Kalembe, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu Province, highlighted the fluid ambiguity of the national army's troubled... Read more »



October 10



October 5



September 27



September 25



September 24

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands of Displaced Out of Reach

    Weather conditions and continued insecurity are hampering aid agencies' efforts to reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced by armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic... Read more »



September 6



August 24

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Bushmeat Blamed for Ebola Outbreak

    Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Orientale Province are urging the population to desist from activities that could put them at risk of... Read more »



August 22



August 21

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Hampers Aid Work in Ituri

    Inter-ethnic tensions have again turned violent in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri region, compromising the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than 100,000... Read more »



August 16



August 2

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Resettlement Still a Last Resort

    After five years of hoping and waiting, Marie*, her husband Simeon* and their three children, refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, finally received a phone call telling... Read more »



July 25



July 20

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