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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses the Security Council. At right is United States Secretary of State John Kerry.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

High-level Security Council debate focuses on peace efforts for Africa’s Great Lakes region

25 July 2013
The Security Council today restated its commitment to the United Nations-brokered peace accord for Africa’s strife-torn Great Lakes region and demanded an immediate end to hostilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fresh clashes between armed rebels and Congolese troops have sent thousands of civilians fleeing for safety.
Refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prepare meals in the Bubukwanga transit centre in western Uganda.
UNHCR/L. Beck

UN concerned for civilians as ongoing violence displaces thousands in eastern DR Congo

23 July 2013
As fighting continues between Government forces and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern for the welfare of civilians in the area, including many who have fled to Uganda.
Many of the refugees from DR Congo manage to flee to Uganda with possessions, cooking equipment, mattresses and even livestock. UNHCR/L. Beck

In Uganda, UN and partners assist new refugees fleeing DR Congo fighting

19 July 2013
The United Nations refugee agency is ramping up efforts to aid some 15,500 Congolese at an increasingly crowded transit facility in western Uganda which has become a hub for those who fled renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and hid in schools across the border.
FARDC and MONUSCO reinforce their presence in and around Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following clashes between M23 and national troops.
MONUSCO/Clara Padovan

DR Congo: UN chief deeply concerned about clashes between Government troops, rebels

18 July 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern about the latest round of hostilities between the M23 rebel group and the national armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) known as the FARDC.
Some of the families who fled the violence to Uganda brought along their belongings, including mattresses.
UNHCR/L. Beck

New emergency arises as fighting uproots thousands from eastern DR Congo – UN

16 July 2013
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern about a new emergency in the North Kivu area of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where renewed fighting has uprooted tens of thousands of people in recent days.
UN peacekeepers. Photo MONUSCO

DR Congo: UN blue helmets on 'high alert' as M23 rebels advance towards Goma

15 July 2013
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on high alert today and stand ready to use force to protect civilians in Goma from an advancing rebellion by the March 23 movement (M23), the top UN official in the country said, urging all parties to exercise restraint.
Congolese queue up for aid earlier in 2013 after fleeing the fighting for safety in Uganda.
UNHCR/L. Beck

Amid rapid influx of Congolese refugees, UN rushes emergency aid to Uganda

15 July 2013
The United Nations refugee agency is today sending an emergency shipment of tents, blankets and sleeping mats as part of its efforts to assist some 66,000 refugees who have sought safety in western Uganda over the last five days after fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Left to right: Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, Commission Chairman Michael Kirby and Sonja Biserko.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

DPR Korea: UN human rights probe begins work with initial discussions in Geneva

5 July 2013
The United Nations panel set up to investigate human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) began its work this week in Geneva with a number of key meetings as well as discussions on the strategy, methodology and approach to be taken in carrying out its mandate.
Rape victims receive treatment at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
IRIN (file photo, July 2011)

Senior UN officials condemn recent rapes of young girls in eastern DR Congo

27 June 2013
Two senior United Nations officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have condemned the recent cases of rape of young girls in the eastern province of South Kivu as “unacceptable” and called for an end to such abuse.
A displaced woman who fled fighting between FARDC and M23 rebels, at a camp in Kanyaruchinya, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, (DRC).
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: UN concerned about dozens of children facing possible M23 re-recruitment

10 June 2013
Senior United Nations officials today expressed concern about reports of dozens of children who escaped from the 23 March Movement (M23) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo being retaken by the rebel group and could face other serious security threats.