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1 October 2012 - 2:30pmTwenty-two-year-old Alice Furaha was five months’ pregnant when she fled her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. This year, fighting between the Government and rebel groups has forced hundreds of thousands of Congolese to flee to neighbouring countries. When Alice... -
28 September 2012 - 1:12pmUnited Nations agencies and humanitarian partners launched an appeal today (28 September) for US$38.9 million to respond to the food security crisis affecting some 725,000 people in Lesotho. “The humanitarian situation in Lesotho is bad,” said the country’s Prime Minister, Thomas... -
21 September 2012 - 4:49pmDecades of conflict, massive displacement, chronic poverty and food insecurity affect millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The number of people displaced by violence in the vast Central African country has risen by more than 25 per cent to 2.24 million people since the... -
9 August 2012 - 1:47pmThe UN Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos, called today for more support for Congolese communities affected by conflict and displacement, at the end of a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. In Eastern DRC’s North Kivu Province, nearly a quarter of a... -
17 July 2012 - 5:16pmIn the Central African Republic (CAR), about one in five people living outside the capital, Bangui, faces a food crisis. Conflict earlier this year led to widespread displacement and the destruction of villages, farmland and livestock. Providing food assistance is a high priority, but so is helping...
