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Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands Flee Attacks By Armed Groups in Eastern DRC
VOA, 16 July 2021
The U.N. refugee agency says a series of attacks by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced nearly 20,000 civilians to flee for their lives. Read more »
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Uganda: UPDF Kill Five Suspected Congolese Rebels in Zombo Gunfire Exchange
Monitor, 16 July 2021
Five suspected Congolese rebels were Friday morning killed in Zombo District in West Nile sub region where they had reportedly attacked a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF)… Read more »
Thousands Flee Attacks In Eastern DR Congo - UNHCR
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said a series of attacks by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced nearly 20,000 civilians to flee for their lives. More than 100 armed groups, such as the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces, have allegedly been terrorising communities in the eastern DRC for decades. The refugee agency spokesperson Babar Baloch said "armed groups are continuing to devastate civilian lives, with little military presence in the area to protect people from the relentless attacks".
Over the past two years, nearly two million people in North Kivu province alone have been uprooted by insecurity and violence. In the aftermath of the current crisis, Baloch said: "the UNHCR and partners are helping local authorities register forcibly displaced families and respond to their needs."
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to investigate recent deadly attacks by militants in the east and bring them to book. At least 55 people were killed, and many others wounded, in the overnight assaults on May 31, 2021 which targeted camps hosting internally displaced people near the towns of Boga in Irumu territory, Ituri province, and Tchabi in the North-Kivu province. The attacks were allegedly carried out by militants from the
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An aerial view of Beni, North Kivu region, Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2019.
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned of the lack of support available for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a new report, the organisation said that given the magnitude of such violence and its impact, there is a need for Congolese authorities and their partners to swiftly act, in order to respond to the huge medical, legal, socio-economic, and protection needs.
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Data collected by MSF in 2020, showed a worrying picture of the physical and
