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Child being vaccinated against measles

Millions of children reached in UN-run anti-measles vaccination in DR Congo

26 July 2011
Some 3.1 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been vaccinated against measles in a United Nations-coordinated campaign to combat the disease outbreak which has claimed the lives of 1,145 children since the start of this year.
Rape victims receive treatment at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
IRIN (file photo, July 2011)

UN report calls for prosecution of perpetrators of mass rape in DR Congo

22 July 2011
A United Nations investigation into mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) seven months ago identifies the rapists as Congolese army soldiers, demands their prosecution and asks the Government to protect the victims from reprisals from the perpetrators.
Cholera beds

Cholera deaths reported in DR Congo as disease infects thousands – UN

13 July 2011
More than 3,000 cases of cholera have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since March, the United Nations reported today, saying that the disease had claimed the lives of 192 people since it was first reported in the north-eastern city of Kisangani, from where it spread downstream along River Congo.

UN provides medical support to survivors after deadly plane crash in DR Congo

10 July 2011
The United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today sent condolences to the Government and the people of the central African country and pledged to continue providing medical assistance to survivors of the plane crash in the eastern city of Kisangani on Friday that reportedly killed dozens of people.
Poster in Goma, eastern DRC, warning of the penalties for rape

Mass rapes in DR Congo could be crimes against humanity – UN report

6 July 2011
The rapes of hundreds of people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last year could be considered crimes against humanity and war crimes, according to a new United Nations report, which urges the Government to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Displaced woman in Dungu, northern DRC, after attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army

Lord’s Resistance Army killed dozens in DR Congo last month, UN reports

6 July 2011
The rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) killed 26 persons in 53 separate attacks on villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today.
Children, mothers and the elderly are among the DPRK's most vulnerable members of the population

DPR Korea: UN launches emergency operation to avoid food shortages

5 July 2011
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency food supply operation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to assist some 3.5 million vulnerable children, mothers, and elderly persons, the agency said today.
The Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, South Kivu is one of the few referral centres for sexually violated women

UN team confirms mass rapes occurred in remote villages in eastern DR Congo

1 July 2011
A joint United Nations assessment mission has confirmed that Government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) committed mass rape and acts of pillaging in several remote villages in the country’s east last month.