Congo-Kinshasa: 'Massive and Protracted' Humanitarian Crisis in DR Congo Can Be 'Beaten Back' If Donors Step Up

21 March 2019

UN humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore were in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to see firsthand the extent of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. March 2019.

"Urgent and sustained funding" for a Government-led response to what is now a "massive and protracted" humanitarian crisis across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is required, said the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN relief chief on Thursday.

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