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OCHA/Ivo Brandau

DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai

4 August 2017
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.

DRC's Kasai region one of world's 'largest displacement crises' for children – UNICEF

31 July 2017
Waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have forced more than one million people, including hundreds of thousands of children from their homes, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
MONUSCO

War crimes fugitive surrenders to UN peacekeepers in DR Congo; UN advocate urges justice for victims

27 July 2017
The United Nations advocate for ending sexual violence in conflict has welcomed the surrender of fugitive rebel leader Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as MONUSCO.
OCHA/Ivo Brandau

DR Congo: UN rights chief names international investigators on Kasai abuses

26 July 2017
The United Nations human rights chief today 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.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN official urges Security Council to delink political, humanitarian concerns in response to DPR Korea missile launch

5 July 2017
Briefing an emergency meeting of the Security Council convened following the launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of a ballistic missile of intercontinental range, a senior United Nations official reminded the Council of the importance of separating political and humanitarian concerns as it considers a response to the situation.
UNMEER/Martine Perret

UN health agency declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

3 July 2017
A recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is over, the United Nations health agency today said, while adding that enhanced surveillance for the virus continues.
Joseph Mankamba/OCHA-DRC

UN opens international probe into alleged abuses in DR Congo's Kasai provinces

23 June 2017
The United Nations today opened an international investigation into alleged killings, mutilations and destruction of entire villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) restive Kasai provinces.
UNHCR/Pumla Rulashe

DR Congo: UN agency appeals for support as ‘steady stream’ of refugees crosses into Angola

12 May 2017
With violence and insecurity continuing to force people to flee Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region and seek refuge in neighbouring Angola, the United Nations refugee agency has called for a suitable place to shelter them as well as additional resources to support those in urgent need.
Joseph Mankamba/OCHA-DRC

DR Congo: UN seeks $64 million to tackle humanitarian crisis in Kasaï region

26 April 2017
The United Nations has appealed for $64.5 million to respond to the urgent needs of 731,000 people over the next six months in the Kasaï region, the latest “humanitarian hotspot” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: Security Council extends peacekeeping mandate, but reduces troop strength

31 March 2017
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year but reduced the number of troops.