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Eastern DR Congo: Crisis deepens as crime and insecurity surges

·February 25, 2025·1 min read

According to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, aid workers have been among those killed, and widespread human rights violations have been reported, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York. “In Lubero Territory, north of Goma, clashes last week forced more than 100,000...

Urgent appeal launched as DR Congo crisis fuels mass displacement to Burundi

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·February 22, 2025·2 min read

As fighting escalates in eastern DRC, more than 40,000 Congolese refugees – primarily women and children – have crossed into Burundi since February, with over 9,000 arrivals recorded in a single day this week. Many are using makeshift boats to traverse the Rusizi River, a perilous crossing at the border...

Security Council urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern DR Congo

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·February 22, 2025·1 min read

The 15 members called on the Rwanda Defence Forces to stop supporting the armed group and immediately withdraw from Congolese territory “without preconditions.” The Council reiterated its urgent appeal for all parties to conclude an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, as called for by leaders from East and Southern Africa. They...

DR Congo crisis: Occupation blocks UN mission from protecting civilians

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·February 21, 2025·2 min read

These operational challenges have been exacerbated by ongoing mis- and disinformation campaigns that are misinforming the public of the UN peacekeepers’ role, said the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in the DRC and head of the peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, briefing the press at UN Headquarters via video-link from the...

DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency

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·February 20, 2025·3 min read

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue to advance across both South and North Kivu. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in DRC also expressed concern over growing lawlessness as warlords...

Civilians at breaking point in eastern DR Congo warns top aid official, in call to resume talks

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·February 19, 2025·2 min read

“The rapid and uninterrupted expansion of the conflict, particularly in South Kivu province, continues to inflict a heavy toll on the civilian population,” said UN humanitarian coordinator for DRC, Bruno Lemarquis. “The population can no longer continue to pay such a heavy price for a conflict that continues to spread...

DR Congo: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters

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·February 19, 2025·2 min read

In an alert on Tuesday, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed that three children were killed by Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Bukavu, the city in South Kivu which fell to the fighters on Sunday. “Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they...

DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels take key city

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·February 17, 2025·1 min read

In an online message on Monday, the WFP said that it “condemns the pillage of its warehouses in Bukavu in South Kivu…the food supplies kept there were meant to provide vital support to the most vulnerable families who now face a growing humanitarian crisis”. Looters made off with 7,000 tonnes...

UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

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·February 16, 2025·3 min read

Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, expressed deep concern over the devastating impact on children and families. “In North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict, including rape and other forms of sexual violence at levels surpassing anything we...

DR Congo displacement, health crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access

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·February 14, 2025·2 min read

“The crisis is worsening as people flee to areas where humanitarian aid cannot reach due to insecurity,” UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Eujin Byun told reporters in Geneva. The development comes a day after the top UN aid official in the country Bruno Lemarquis warned that a shortage of humanitarian routes...

DR Congo: Shortage of humanitarian routes threatens aid operation, top UN official warns

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·February 14, 2025·3 min read

“The frontline is getting closer to Kavumu Airport,” warned Bruno Lemarquis on Wednesday. Following the fall of regional capital Goma, in North Kivu, at the end of January, the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group is now making headway against Congelese Government forces towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. Kalehe, a...

World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Gaza and DR Congo latest, preventing violent extremism

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·February 13, 2025·3 min read

The ‘blue helmet’ was part of a long-range MINUSCA patrol to protect civilians, that was near the village of Zobassinda, in Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture, which came under attack on Tuesday night by an unidentified armed assailant. António Guterres expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the fallen peacekeeper, and to the Government...