The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) faces multiple crises including attacks by armed groups, massive displacement, food insecurity and disease outbreaks.
Approximately 1.8 million people remain displaced, mostly in eastern DRC, due to conflict. Last year, measles and cholera epidemics claimed more than 2,400 lives,...
The UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country.
The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and shelter, as well as...
Room 8 of Bukavu Hospital’s operating centre is full. All the beds are occupied. Some patients are on mattresses laid out on the floor. With amputated limbs, bullet wounds, open machete wounds, serious burns - all 26 occupants, including children, are victims of the latest attack by the Democratic Forces for the...
National authorities, the UN and aid agencies are accelerating their response to multiple cholera outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, part of a region-wide effort to curb an epidemic across western and central Africa.
In the western DRC, more than 7,000 people have fallen ill and 390 people have died, since the...
DRC: Life-saving assistance must be complemented with development, stabilization and security
ASG Catherine Bragg today concluded her five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She met with Congolese people affected by violence and poverty, DRC Government officials, and humanitarian workers. ...
2 March 2012 - 1:01amThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) faces multiple crises including attacks by armed groups, massive displacement, food insecurity and disease outbreaks. Approximately 1.8 million people remain displaced, mostly in eastern DRC, due to conflict. Last year, measles and cholera epidemics claimed more than 2,400 lives,...
2 February 2012 - 2:13pmThe UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country. The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and shelter, as well as...
18 January 2012 - 12:47pmRoom 8 of Bukavu Hospital’s operating centre is full. All the beds are occupied. Some patients are on mattresses laid out on the floor. With amputated limbs, bullet wounds, open machete wounds, serious burns - all 26 occupants, including children, are victims of the latest attack by the Democratic Forces for the...
17 October 2011 - 2:35pmNational authorities, the UN and aid agencies are accelerating their response to multiple cholera outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, part of a region-wide effort to curb an epidemic across western and central Africa. In the western DRC, more than 7,000 people have fallen ill and 390 people have died, since the...
4 June 2011 - 2:06pmDRC: Life-saving assistance must be complemented with development, stabilization and security ASG Catherine Bragg today concluded her five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She met with Congolese people affected by violence and poverty, DRC Government officials, and humanitarian workers. ...