DR Congo: Humanitarian situation worsens; UN mission continues to battle armed militias
New York: The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday denounced the recent violence against the Organization’s stabilization mission in the country, which has been the target of “manipulation and stigmatization”.
‘Continue working together’ UN chief urges DR Congo, as country heads to polls
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on all those playing an active political role in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to “continue working together” to ensure free and fair elections, as the country heads to polls this Sunday.
Thousands in DR Congo’s Kasais to benefit from UN food, nutrition efforts, but challenges remain
New York, Dec 21(Just Earth News): Against the backdrop of severe hunger as a result of conflict in central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations emergency food relief and food security agencies are stepping up their response to assist more than 100,000 people.
DR Congo: Over a dozen UN peacekeepers killed in worst attack on 'blue helmets' in recent history
New York, Dec 11(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.
DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the country’s authorities to continue to cooperate with investigations into the incident.
DR Congo: Two UN ‘blue helmets’ killed in attack in North Kivu
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and several injured in an attack on their base in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesperson said.
DR Congo: UN mission deploys ‘blue helmets’ to protect civilians and refugees
New York, Sept 29(Just Earth News): Responding to the worsening security situation near a major town in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission in the country has deployed peacekeepers to deter any attacks on the city and to prevent escalation in clashes.
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DR Congo, at General Assembly, calls on UN mission there to focus more on development
New York, Sept 24(Just Earth News): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which hosts more than ten thousand United Nations peacekeepers and where enormous resources over the past two decades have been devoted to bringing stability to the vast country, on Saturday called for the UN mission to be re-directed more to development.
DR Congo: Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack this past Sunday in Mamundioma, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), that killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Tanzania and injured another.
DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai
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.
DR Congo: UN rights chief names international investigators in Kasai abuses
New York, July 27(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday named three international experts to investigate reports of killings, mutilations, rapes and other abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) restive Kasai provinces.
In DR Congo, UN aid chief says world must 'not let down' millions of people in need
New York, July 22(Just Earth News): Wrapping up a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations humanitarian chief on Friday urged the world “not to forget the DRC,†and called for scaled-up relief funding to help millions of people suffering from violence, diseases, and malnutrition.
DR Congo: UN refugee agency sounds alarm as displacement sees no end in Kasai region
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’s economy loses over $1 billion to child undernutrition, finds UN-backed study
New York, July 8(Just Earth News): The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is losing as much as 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a United Nations-backed study released on Friday.
DR Congo: 400,000 children in Greater Kasai at risk of severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF warns
New York, May 24(Just Earth News): Deteriorating security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months, putting an estimated 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.