ERC Amos has ended her two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after visiting two areas of the country heavily affected by conflict and violence: North Kivu and Orientale Province.
“Today I was appalled by the testimonies I heard,” said Ms. Amos in a press statement from Dungu in northern DRC on...
On the last day of her visit to the DRC, ERC Amos visited Orientale Province where she heard harrowing testimonies from those who survived the brutality committed by the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army.
Haut-Uele and Bas-Uele districts are the scene of brutalities committed by the Ugandan armed group Lord's...
ERC Valerie Amos is in the Democratic republic of the Congo on her first official visit to the country. During the three-day mission the ERC will travel to two of the provinces most affected by armed violence: North Kivu and Province Orientale.
The humanitarian situation in the DRC is one of the world’s...