Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo

2023/05/08

The death toll from floods and landslides in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to nearly ...

UN peacekeepers patrol in Bria, Central African Republic, June 12, 2017.

More Than 200,000 Displaced by Central Africa Unrest: UN

2021/01/29

More than 200,000 people have been displaced by election-based violence in the Central African Republic in the past two months, ...

Approximately 11 million girls will be unable to go back to school around the world.

11 Mn Girls Won’t Return to School After Covid: UNESCO

2020/10/15

Eleven million girls face being unable to return to school even after coronavirus restrictions are lifted around the world, UNESCO ...

Ethnic Clashes in DR Congo Claim 76 Lives Since December

2018/02/16

Since December, 76 people were killed in ethnic violence in Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, mostly women and children.

A protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

UN: At Least 5 Dead in DR Congo Crackdown on Protest Against President

2018/01/21

At least five people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said, as authorities cracked down on ...

State Agents, Militia ‘Planned’ DR Congo Massacres: Rights Group

2017/12/20

Security forces and an army-backed militia planned massacres in an opposition stronghold in DR Congo, human rights activists charged Wednesday

UN Says Life Terms for DR Congo Child Rapists a ‘Major Advance’

2017/12/16

The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday hailed as a "major advance" life sentences served this week ...

Mr. Lubanga -- now serving a 14-year jail term -- conscripted hundreds, and possibly thousands, of children into his militia

DR Congo Child Soldiers Awarded $10Mln in Damages

2017/12/15

International war crimes judges on Friday awarded $10 million in landmark reparations to "hundreds or thousands" of former child soldiers.

Hundreds of thousands of children in the sprawling, troubled region of Kasai are dangerously malnourished, the UN says. Photo: AFP

UNICEF: 400,000 Children in DR Congo Could Die From Hunger

2017/12/12

The UN on Tuesday warned that more than 400,000 children in Democratic Republic of Congo are severely malnourished and could ...

DR Congo Recruited Rebels for Deadly Crackdown on Protests: HRW

2017/12/04