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New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s restive Kasai region, warns UNICEF

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 warns of 'looming humanitarian catastrophe' in DR Congo's strife-torn Kasai region

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.  

'Don't turn a blind eye' to dire situation of children in DR Congo's Kasai region – UNICEF

'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 refugee agency sounds alarm as displacement sees no end in Kasai region

DR Congo: UN refugee agency sounds alarm as displacement sees no end in Kasai region

Jul 15, 2017, at 05:52 am

New York, July 15(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has alerted the humanitarian community about the violence and continued displacement of civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the Kasai region where the estimated number of displaced people now exceeds 1.3 million.

DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief expresses solidarity with people of troubled Kasai region

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.