UN’s top court orders Uganda to pay $325 million to DR Congo
Feb 11, 2022, at 09:09 pm
New York: Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2003, the UN’s highest court ruled on Wednesday.
UN rights office warns of risk of further attacks on displaced camps in DR Congo
Feb 10, 2022, at 12:18 am
New York: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
DR Congo: More peacekeepers deployed in wake of deadly camp attack
Feb 04, 2022, at 09:12 pm
New York: Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have stepped up their presence in the area around a camp for displaced people in Ituri province following a deadly attack this week, the United Nations said on Thursday.
DR Congo: At least 50 dead following militia attack on camp
Feb 04, 2022, at 06:56 pm
New York: At least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack on Tuesday night at a site for internally displaced people in Savo, Ituri Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Wednesday.
Following DR Congo murder trial, UN calls for death penalty moratorium to remain
Feb 02, 2022, at 08:29 pm
New York: Following a verdict in the case of the brutal murder of two its experts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) nearly five years ago, the UN on Tuesday urged authorities to uphold their moratorium on the death penalty.
DR Congo: Suicide attack in restaurant leaves 5 dead
Dec 26, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Beni: At least five people died as a suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Beni on Saturday.
Thousands head home voluntarily from Zambia to DR Congo
Dec 22, 2021, at 09:23 pm
New York: Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years ago, are opting to head home voluntarily from Zambia over the coming months, with the first 100 people setting out on Tuesday.
DR Congo: Limitations to ‘strictly military approach’ to stem violence, mission chief warns
Dec 07, 2021, at 05:28 pm
New York: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo told the Security Council on Monday that “a lasting solution” to the violence “requires a broader political commitment to address the root causes of conflict.”
Series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo
Dec 01, 2021, at 07:01 pm
New York: The UN refugee Agency, UNHCR, is “appalled by a series of deadly attacks” on displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the agency’s spokesperson told journalists on Tuesday in Geneva.
DR Congo: Five Chinese kidnapped in armed attack on Congo mine
Nov 22, 2021, at 03:50 am
Five Chinese nationals were kidnapped when armed people attacked a gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday, media reports said on Sunday.
Thousands flee DR Congo fighting for Uganda: UNHCR
Nov 10, 2021, at 04:36 pm
New York: Fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least 11,000 people to flee to neighbouring Uganda since Sunday night, representing the largest refugee influx in a single day for more than a year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Nepalese Superintendent in DR Congo is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
Nov 06, 2021, at 09:31 pm
New York: A Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was on Friday named the recipient of the UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award.
WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation' following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo
Oct 22, 2021, at 09:43 pm
New York: The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is going to be “the catalyst for a profound transformation” of WHO’s culture.
DR Congo: Lack of sufficient funding means tough choices for humanitarians
Oct 09, 2021, at 10:10 pm
New York: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a lack of funding, are leaving humanitarians with a stark choice over who to assist, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country warned on Friday.
Violence, aid access, continues to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo
Oct 06, 2021, at 07:19 pm
New York: Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one in three people need assistance, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
Sep 29, 2021, at 07:43 pm
New York: Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “a sickening betrayal of the people we serve,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said on Tuesday.
DR Congo President asks for materialization of ‘all the promises made to Africa’
Sep 22, 2021, at 09:46 pm
New York: The President of Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, asked for United Nations Member States to “materialize all the promises made to Africa in compensation for the sacrifices agreed to protect humanity against global warming.”
DR Congo: President Felix Tshisekedi seeks review of mining contracts with China
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:48 am
Kinshasa: Wishing to get fairer deals, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) president Felix Tshisekedi has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China in 2008 by his predecessor.
Human Rights abuses intensifying in eastern DR Congo - UNHCR
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:05 pm
New York: An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out against civilians this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
DR Congo: ‘Widespread and systematic’ violence linked to clashes over gold
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:01 pm
New York: Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
DR Congo: Grave consequences for children witnessing ‘appalling violence’, UNICEF reports
Jun 25, 2021, at 10:48 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, appealed on Thursday for urgent resources to support thousands of people who have fled armed violence in two small towns in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the past two months.
UN chief condemns deadly attacks targeting displaced people in DR Congo
Jun 04, 2021, at 02:51 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate recent deadly attacks by insurgents in the east and bring the perpetrators to account.
DR Congo: More than 170 children feared missing following volcanic eruption in Goma
May 24, 2021, at 03:33 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Goma district are at risk following the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo.
UN denounces attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
May 12, 2021, at 04:52 pm
New York: The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which one Malawian blue helmet was killed.
UN to review deadly convoy attack in DR Congo which led to Italian Ambassador’s death
Feb 24, 2021, at 05:37 pm
New York: The World Food Programme (WFP) has provided further information on the deadly convoy attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday in which Italy’s Ambassador to the country, his bodyguard, and a WFP driver were killed.
Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo
Feb 23, 2021, at 10:34 pm
New York: The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member, together with an Italian embassy official, were killed on Monday during an attack on a UN convoy in the east of the country, the agency has said.
DR Congo: Lives and futures of three million children at risk, UNICEF warns
Feb 20, 2021, at 04:28 pm
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday, highlighted the dire situation of some three million displaced children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who face brutal militia violence and extreme hunger.
Human rights: Widespread attacks in DR Congo may amount to crimes against humanity
Feb 03, 2021, at 06:17 pm
New York: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has warned against potential crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a spike in attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group, in two provinces in the east of the country.
Guterres ‘shocked’ at massacre of civilians in eastern DR Congo
Jan 08, 2021, at 06:59 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has expressed shock at the massacre of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and called on the authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.
DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for justice – UN envoy
Nov 25, 2020, at 10:36 pm
New York: Two senior UN officials welcomed on Tuesday the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of an armed combatant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).