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New York, Dec 11(Just Earth News): At least 14 United Nations 'blue helmets' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been killed and many more injured, in what the Secretary-General António Guterres described as the “worst attack” on UN peacekeepers in recent history.v more
DR Congo: Hunger crisis, scarce funds could push Kasais to brink of catastrophe, UN agency warns

New York, Dec 7(Just Earth News): An acute hunger emergency ravaging Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s strife-torn Greater Kasai region could transform into a long-term d ...

DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice

New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the co ...

DR Congo: Two UN ‘blue helmets’ killed in attack in North Kivu

New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and several injured in an attack on their base in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN ...

DR Congo: UN agency urges Government to protect refugees after tragic killings

New York, Sept 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency is urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure protection for refugees and asylum-seek ...

DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai

New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): 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 ...

DR Congo: UN envoy expresses concern over arbitrary arrests, urges restraint

New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today expressed his concern over arbitrary arrests and detentions across the country ...

DR Congo: UN refugee agency sounds alarm as displacement sees no end in Kasai region

New York, July 15(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has alerted the humanitarian community about the violence and continued displacement of civilians in the Democratic Repu ...

DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief expresses solidarity with people of troubled Kasai region

New York, June 17(Just Earth News): As part of his five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top United Nations peacekeeping official visited the vast country's troub ...

DR Congo: UN, partners need urgent aid for over 370,000 displaced in south-east province

New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News): Intercommunal violence in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, a top United Nations ...