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Brinkmanship, lack of compromise will only deepen DR Congo political crisis, Security Council told

9 January 2018
Political brinkmanship and a refusal to compromise will only result in further delays in preparations for elections and deepening of the political crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been gripped by a recent spate of violent protests, the United Nations peacekeeping chief told the Security Council Tuesday.
OCHA/Otto Bakano

New Year could bring more misery to children in DR Congo’s restive Kasai region, warns UNICEF

12 December 2017
In the coming year, severe acute malnutrition could claim the lives of more than 400,000 children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile Kasai region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned Tuesday.
MONUSCO/Alain Coulibaly

UN honours 14 peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo

11 December 2017
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed on 7 December in the worst attack on UN 'blue helmets' in recent history.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission

21 September 2017
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.
UNICEF/Seck

DR Congo: UN agency urges Government to protect refugees after tragic killings

19 September 2017
The United Nations refugee agency is urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure protection for refugees and asylum-seekers following last week’s shooting incident in Kamanyola in which at least 39 people were killed and 94 injured.
UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file)

UN condemns DPRK ballistic missile launch; stresses country cease such activities

15 September 2017
Condemning the launch of yet another ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council called on the country’s leadership to halt such activities and explore resumption of sincere dialogue on denuclearisation.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Security Council approves toughest resolution yet against DPR Korea

11 September 2017
The Security Council today unanimously agreed to impose tighter sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), imposing limits on oil exports, banning the country's textile imports and access to gas liquids, and more closely inspecting cargo ships going in and out of its ports.
UNHCR/Rui Padilha

Return of refugees in DR Congo fraught with challenges, reports UN agency

8 September 2017
Despite improvements in the security situation in conflict-affected parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the return to peace continues to be fragile and the return of the displaced populations remains fraught with challenges, the United Nations refugee agency said.
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Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced in DR Congo – UN agency

16 August 2017
Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency.

'Don't turn a blind eye' to dire situation of children in DR Congo's Kasai region – UNICEF

7 August 2017
The world must not turn a blind eye to the dire situation of children and families in the Grand Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today, stressing that nothing can justify terrible acts of abuse against women and children.