Brinkmanship, lack of compromise will only deepen DR Congo political crisis, Security Council told
Jan 10, 2018, at 01:37 pm
New York, Jan 10 (JEN): Political brinkmanship and a refusal to compromise will only result in further delays in preparations for elections and deepening of the political crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been gripped by a recent spate of violent protests, the United Nations peacekeeping chief told the Security Council Tuesday.
Sharp rise in refugee arrivals to Uganda as fresh violence flares in DR Congo – UN agency
Dec 23, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Dec 23(Just Earth News): Fresh violence in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forced over 2,650 refugees to cross over into neighbouring Uganda this week, five times the usual number of arrivals, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
DR Congo: UN officials hail landmark convictions, life sentences in Kavumu child rape cases
Dec 20, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Dec 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations envoys dealing with sexual violence in conflict and the head of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have welcomed the conviction of 11 Congolese militia fighters for raping dozens of children – including an 18-month-old toddler – in the vast country’s restive east.
In Tanzania, UN peacekeeping chief pays tribute to ‘blue helmets’ killed in DR Congo
Dec 15, 2017, at 10:21 pm
New York, Dec 15(Just Earth News): The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations on Thursday attended a ceremony in the port city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in honour of the country’s peacekeepers recently killed during their mission in a neighbouring country.
UN peacekeeping chief visits injured Tanzanian ‘blue helmets’ in DR Congo
Dec 14, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Dec 14(Just Earth News): The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations on Wednesday thanked individually peacekeepers who fought to hold off an attack on 7 December in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s restive Kasai region, warns UNICEF
Dec 13, 2017, at 05:00 am
New York, Dec 12(Just Earth News): New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s restive Kasai region, warns UNICEF In the coming year, severe acute malnutrition could claim the lives of more than 400,000 children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile Kasai region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
UN chief condemns attack that leaves at least 14 peacekeepers dead in volatile eastern DR Congo
Dec 09, 2017, at 04:47 am
New York, Dec 8(Just Earth News): At least 14 United Nations 'blue helmets' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been killed and many more injured, in what the Secretary-General António Guterres described as the “worst attack” on UN peacekeepers in recent history.
UN peacekeeper in DR Congo honoured for combatting sexual violence on the frontlines
Nov 16, 2017, at 09:52 am
New York, Nov 16(Just Earth News): United Nations peacekeeper Major Seitebatso Pearl Block was commended on Wednesday for developing a Mission-wide, short message service (SMS) campaign to combat gender-based abuse by connecting with women in remote parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
UN warns of 'looming humanitarian catastrophe' in DR Congo's strife-torn Kasai region
Oct 31, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): Some 3.2 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) conflict-ravaged south-central Greater Kasai region are severely food insecure, struggling to feed themselves and in urgent need of assistance, the head of the United Nations food relief agency warned Monday.
Widespread militia activity, political unrest drive millions from their homes in DR Congo, UN warns
Oct 25, 2017, at 09:45 am
New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): Some 3.9 million people across several regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been displaced from their homes, and amid growing violence and unrest, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday that the number could rise even further.
Despite progress on voter registration, DR Congo faces challenges on election timeline – UN envoy
Oct 12, 2017, at 02:26 pm
New York, Oct 12(Just Earth News): The notion that elections would most probably not be held before the end of 2017 has regrettably led to the re-emergence of a climate of political uncertainty and tensions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a United Nations envoy for that country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Security Council condemns attack on UN mission base in DR Congo
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:29 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council has called on the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to investigate into, and bring to justice those behind Monday’s attack on a peacekeeping mission base in North Kivu that resulted in the deaths of two “blue helmets.â€
UN refugee agency 'shocked' by killings in eastern DR Congo
Sep 17, 2017, at 05:39 am
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): Expressing shock and sadness over the violent death of numerous Burundian nationals – among them likely refugees and asylum seekers – in Kamanyola town, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations refugee agency called for an investigation into the incident.
Return of refugees in DR Congo fraught with challenges, reports UN agency
Sep 09, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Sept 9(Just Earth News): Despite improvements in the security situation in conflict-affected parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the return to peace continues to be fragile and the return of the displaced populations remains fraught with challenges, the United Nations refugee agency said.
Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced in DR Congo – UN agency
Aug 17, 2017, at 03:37 am
New York, Aug 16(Just Earth News): Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency.
Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies
Aug 15, 2017, at 04:28 am
New York, Aug 13(Just Earth News): More than one in ten people living in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are hungry due to escalating and prolonged conflict and displacement, United Nations agencies on Monday reported, warning that the situation will worsen unless urgent support comes in time.
Aug 11, 2017, at 05:09 am
New York, Aug 10(Just Earth News): Investing in women and girls must be central to global efforts towards sustainable peace and development in both Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations deputy chief said on Thursday.
'Don't turn a blind eye' to dire situation of children in DR Congo's Kasai region – UNICEF
Aug 08, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Aug 7(Just Earth News): The world must not turn a blind eye to the dire situation of children and families in the Grand Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, stressing that nothing can justify terrible acts of abuse against women and children.
DR Congo: UN envoy expresses concern over arbitrary arrests, urges restraint
Aug 03, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today expressed his concern over arbitrary arrests and detentions across the country, following civil society's call for the holding of elections before year-end and their peaceful protests against delays in the publication of the electoral calendar.
Peace is the 'bedrock' for women's development and human rights UN deputy chief says in DR Congo
Jul 26, 2017, at 12:47 pm
New York, July 26(Just Earth News): The importance of reversing the tragedies of violence, particularly against women and children, and ensuring that women's and girl's voices are heard in all aspects of society are at the core of the second leg of a high-level United Nations-African Union (AU) mission to Africa, which on Tuesday visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
More flexibility and mobility for UN peacekeepers in DR Congo – senior official says
Jul 20, 2017, at 06:27 am
New York, July 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is changing how it operates to become more flexible and mobile, the head of that mission on Wednesday said, by focusing on rapid deployment of troops and air surveillance instead of fixed bases.
Security Council warned DR Congo’s violence on rise amid little political progress
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:35 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): The security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to be a major source of concern, with violence in the Kasai provinces, in the western part of the vast country, reaching “disturbing†levels, the United Nations Security Council was told on Tuesday.
UN health agency declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Jul 04, 2017, at 10:23 am
New York, July 4(Just Earth News): A recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is over, the United Nations health agency on Monday said, while adding that enhanced surveillance for the virus continues.
UN rights chief calls for investigation into 'landscape of horror' in DR Congo's Kasai provinces
Jun 21, 2017, at 03:44 pm
New York, June 21(Just Earth News): Detailing “harrowing reports†of killings, mutilation and entire villages destroyed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive Kasai provinces, the top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent international investigation into the widespread rights violations and abuses there.
DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief expresses solidarity with people of troubled Kasai region
Jun 17, 2017, at 01:37 pm
New York, June 17(Just Earth News): As part of his five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top United Nations peacekeeping official visited the vast country's troubled Kasai region and expressed "deep concern" about the ongoing violence there.
Jun 10, 2017, at 04:39 am
New York, June 9 (Just Earth News): Voicing concern over lack of progress on the part of Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to undertake credible investigations into widespread allegations of rights violations and abuses in the Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental provinces, the top United Nations human rights official on Friday called for setting up of an international investigation mechanism to look into the situation.
Urgent aid needed for over 9,000 children fleeing violence in DR Congo to Angola – UNICEF
Jun 03, 2017, at 06:48 am
New York, June 3(Just Earth News): More than 9,000 children who have arrived at two temporary reception centres in a northern Angolan city from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need urgent support, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
May 31, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, May 31(Just Earth News): To contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provided technical support to 145 volunteers of the Congolese Red Cross and community health workers to deliver lifesaving information to local populations in remote areas along the Central African Republic border.
UN agency works to fill humanitarian vacuum in north DR Congo after aid groups' departure
May 23, 2017, at 04:43 am
New York, May 22(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency is responding to the urgent humanitarian needs of more than 27,000 displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) eastern province of North Kivu, after many relief aid organizations left camps.
UN health agency deploying technical experts to site of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
May 16, 2017, at 10:59 am
New York, May 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency is deploying technical experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid an outbreak of Ebola virus near its northern border with the Central Africa Republic, the agency’s regional director for Africa confirmed.