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Hunger at 'Staggering Levels' in DR Congo - UN

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme, 27,3 million people face "acute" food insecurity - some seven million of whom are suffering "emergency" levels of acute hunger. It says the country is home to the highest number of people in the world, who are in urgent need of food assistance, according to the latest integrated phase classification analysis. The UN agencies said conflict remains a key cause of hunger, particularly in the central Kasais, along with the eastern provinces of Ituri, North and South Kivu and Tanganyika.

Congo-Kinshasa: Levels of Hunger at 'Staggering' Record High - UN

UN News, 6 April 2021

Levels of hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a "staggering" record high, now affecting one-in-three people, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Record Number of People in DR Congo Face Acute Hunger

VOA, 6 April 2021

The World Food Program reports a record 27.3 million people in Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger and are in urgent need of food aid. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Bachelet - Conditions in DR Congo's Volatile Kasai Region Continue to Worsen

VOA, 22 March 2021

U.N. human rights experts say conditions are deteriorating for millions of civilians caught up in the chronic armed conflict in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Armed Group in Northeastern DRC Goes On Killing Rampage - UN

VOA, 19 March 2021

The U.N. refugee agency said an armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on a rampage that has killed nearly 200 people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes… Read more »