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In Kasai Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), World Food Programme DRC and partner World Vision distributed 41 tons of food to 2,800 vulnerable and displaced people in Tshilumba town.
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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.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a nurse from the Kabea Kamwanga hospital treats a malnourished and malaria-infected child with medicines donated by UNICEF (May 2017). Photo/UNICEF/UN064905

'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.
A former site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) near Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was burned down when it was attacked by a militia group in early July.
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.