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12 June 2013 - 9:57am“Quite a few of the most beautiful homes in Bukavu are built on the sweat of children working in the mines,” says a child protection officer who works in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He can rattle off the names of dozens of artisanal mines that surround South Kivu’s. He... -
7 February 2013 - 3:48pmUN agencies and humanitarian partners appealed today for US$892.6 million to help millions of people affected by food insecurity, conflict and disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) 2013, which was launched in DRC’s capital Kinshasa, will... -
18 January 2013 - 11:31pmUN agencies and humanitarian partners have appealed for $30.5 million to help more than half a million people displaced by conflict in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some 150,000 of these people fled their homes after heavy fighting last November. The North Kivu Response Plan,... -
5 November 2012 - 5:48pmOCHA Operations Director John Ging called on Monday for a greater response to the “dire humanitarian situation” affecting millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This year alone, violence by armed groups including the M23 has led to massive displacement and abuses... -
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...
