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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Refugee Agency Sounds New Alarms for Eastern DRC
allAfrica, 27 March 2024
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is ringing new alarm bells due to ongoing violence in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reaching a “devastating… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Mission Chief Says Humanitarian Disaster 'Unfolding Before Our Very Eyes'
UN News, 27 March 2024
Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Displaced by War, Survivors Speak Out
Norwegian Refugee Council, 27 March 2024
In and around Goma, around 170,000 people have fled the fighting in Masisi territory in recent weeks to settle in the two sites for displaced people in Rusayo. Around 20,000… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Refugee Agency Expresses Alarm Over Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern DR Congo
UNHCR, 23 February 2024
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation civilians face in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Intensifying… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Urges Protection of Civilians, Aid Access Amid Surging Violence in DR Congo
UNHCR, 14 February 2024
In the wake of the heightened violence last week between government forces and non-state armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNHCR, the UN Refugee… Read more »
UN Rings Alarm on Toll from Rising Violence in DR Congo
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is alarmed by the worsening violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has reached a "devastating level". Over 1.3 million people fled their homes due to conflict in North Kivu, causing internal displacement of 5.7 million people.
Insecurity has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security Council on Wednesday. Fighting has intensified with bombings targeting civilians, forcing nearly 300,000 people to flee to Goma. UNHCR is concerned about dire conditions in overcrowded displacement sites, with limited resources for shelter, sanitation, and food. Sexual abuse and attacks on schools and hospitals further endanger displaced people.
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The United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has warned the Security Council that the situation in eastern Congo has become "increasingly dramatic".
"The intensification of the conflict with the M23 and the persistent activism of other armed groups, including the ADF, Zaire
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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
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Congolese refugees arriving in Uganda's southwestern Kisoro District (file photo).
