Congo

UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DR Congo

Speaking to journalists at the UN Office at Geneva, Shoko Arakaki, director of humanitarian affairs at the UN reproductive health…

10 months ago

DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says

“There are discrepancies between the progress we see on paper and the reality we observe on the ground which continues…

11 months ago

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe…

12 months ago

DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma

Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged…

12 months ago

DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears

Despite diplomatic progress in recent months, with the United States brokering a peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda, and…

12 months ago

DR Congo: UN deplores deadly attacks in the east of the country

The attacks, which took place between 9 and 16 August in the localities of Beni and Lubero territories, claimed the…

1 year ago

Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it had received first-hand accounts indicating that at least 319 civilians were killed…

1 year ago

UN condemns deadly attack on worshippers in DR Congo

Elements of the ADF, an Islamic State-affiliated insurgent group that originated in neighbouring Uganda, carried out the attack in Komanda…

1 year ago

Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace

In a statement released on 19 July, MONUSCO said that the Declaration of Principles, signed in Doha under the mediation…

1 year ago

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’

“Our country can no longer tolerate children being born and growing up with HIV, when tools exist to prevent, detect…

1 year ago