UN Refugee Agency Calls for Help as DR Congo Violence Escalates
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.
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 dr Read more »
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![An aerial view of Beni, North Kivu region, Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2019.]()
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 … Read more »
Congolese refugees arriving in Uganda’s southwestern Kisoro District (file photo).
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