DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai

Aug 05, 2017, at 04:51 am

New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): Violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appears to be taking on an increasingly disturbing ethnic dimension, a United Nations human rights wing has warned, citing testimonies that Government forces have led ethnicity-based attacks.

DRC's Kasai region one of world's 'largest displacement crises' for children – UNICEF

Aug 01, 2017, at 09:44 am

New York, Aug 1(Just Earth News): Waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have forced more than one million people, including hundreds of thousands of children from their homes, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.

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.

Top UN official in DR Congo concerned about rising number of civilian deaths in Kasai

Apr 06, 2017, at 04:10 am

New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday expressed concern about a reported rise in the number of civilian casualties in the central Kasai region as a result of clashes between the Kamuina Nsapu militia and the Congolese security forces.