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Support for DR Congo Refugees is ‘Vital’ – UN

The United Nations' top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos, called for increased support for the nearly half a million Congolese who have been displaced by fighting between government troops and rebel group M23 in the eastern part of the country.
Marie Cacace/Oxfam

The UN reports that more than two million people are now displaced across the DR Congo, the highest figure the country has seen since 2009.

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