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Cholera patients learn about sanitation from health workers.
IRIN/Nancy Palus

Cholera fight in DR Congo receives $9 million boost from UN fund

27 January 2012
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central African country.
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous.
UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz

DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief stresses need for stability and reconciliation

25 January 2012
The United Nations peacekeeping chief stressed today the need for stability and reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has experienced a tense political climate since its presidential elections in November.
A woman forced to flee her home village rests outside a shelter in North Kivu province.
UNHCR/S. Schulman

DR Congo: UN concerned over new displacement of thousands of civilians

20 January 2012
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern over fresh violence in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has forced more than 100,000 civilians to flee their homes in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu since November.
Residents of an IDP camp in North Kivu receive food rations distributed by WFP and an NGO

DR Congo: UN mission condemns killing of dozens of civilians in South Kivu

9 January 2012
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today strongly condemned attacks against civilians by members of an armed group in remote villages in South Kivu province last week, during which at least 45 people were killed.