Fighting between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces has exacerbated an already "dire situation" for millions of people, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO representative for the DRC ...

Many people are staying with host families who have very little themselves. The rapid deterioration of needs means that DRC is one of the countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in ...

Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told CNN that, as of Monday, 16 people have been killed in Rwanda “during the shelling from the fighting in Goma.” Last week, DRC leader Felix ...

The resource-rich eastern provinces of North and South Kivu – which are home to more than 4.6 million displaced people according ... movement” by the DRC government, M23 has seized large ...

GOMA (January 27, 2025) – Children caught in heavy fighting in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be protected, with Save the Children concerned for their safety ...

More than 100,000 people have fled five days of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government forces and M23 rebels, UN humanitarian officials said on Wednesday.

Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC flag JOHANNESBURG - The World Food Programme (WFP) said one out of four people across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently facing actual hunger.

The group, backed by thousands of troops from neighbouring Rwanda, seized Goma, the main city in eastern DRC, last week, with the United Nations estimating 900 people were killed, while hundreds ...

Between nine and 13 female inmates, “all of whom had also been raped,” survived the blaze, Magango added, citing a judicial source in the DRC ... left nearly 3,000 people killed.