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Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti — Global Issues

According to UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, more than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ituri this year alone,…

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DR Congo strips ex-President Kabila of immunity | Armed Groups News

Former leader accused of ‘treason, war crimes, [and] crimes against humanity’ for his support of M23 rebels in east. The…

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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP — Global Issues

Conflict has plagued the DRC for decades, particularly in the east. Armed clashes escalated sharply this year as M23 rebels…

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Rwandans who fled to Congo after 1994 genocide return home : NPR

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from…

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‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief — Global Issues

The UN estimates that in the past few weeks, over 330,000 people have fled into Tawila after the Rapid Support…

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DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands — Global Issues

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the city of…

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Anthrax outbreak compounds security crisis in eastern DR Congo — Global Issues

And with nearly seven million people forcibly displaced by violence since advances by M23 rebels earlier this year, the DRC…

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Guterres on India-Pakistan tensions, eastern DR Congo update, weather boost for locusts in Africa — Global Issues

“This morning, he spoke separately by telephone with Muhammad Shebaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,…

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DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi — Global Issues

“We’re pushed to our limits,” said Ayaki Ito, Director for Emergencies for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. One mother was…

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Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo — Global Issues

Senior UN officials warned on Wednesday that all parties involved in the conflict are systematically using sexual violence as a…

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