Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
Conflict has plagued the DRC for decades, particularly in the east. Armed clashes escalated sharply this year as…
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World News in Brief: ‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief
The UN estimates that in the past few weeks, over 330,000 people have fled into Tawila after the…
DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the…
Anthrax outbreak compounds security crisis in eastern DR Congo
And with nearly seven million people forcibly displaced by violence since advances by M23 rebels earlier this year,…
World News in Brief: Guterres on India-Pakistan tensions, eastern DR Congo update, weather boost for locusts in Africa
UN Secretary-General Guterres has spoken to leaders on both sides on India-Pakistan tensions. “This morning, he spoke separately…
DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi
“We’re pushed to our limits,” said Ayaki Ito, Director for Emergencies for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. One…