Massive underfunding hampering relief efforts for the displaced in DRC and Zambia – UN agency
Dec 02, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): With millions displaced within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and thousands more forced to flee across the border into Zambia, the United Nations refugee agency is appealing for urgent resources to make sure that relief programmes – hanging on by threads – do not collapse.
UN agency alarmed by largest influx of Congolese refugees into Zambia in five years
Oct 04, 2017, at 10:49 am
New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): Growing violence in south-eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has driven at least 4,460 refugees into northern Zambia over the past month, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, warning that the humanitarian needs of the displaced could intensify on both sides of the border as the rainy season approaches.