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Shelters in Burundi overwhelmed as 80,000 flee escalating violence in South Kivu

As violence in the eastern DRC escalates, a growing number of people are being forced to flee their homes and see refuge across the border in Burundi. More than 80,000 people have crossed from the DRC ...
International Rescue Committee

Continued conflict in the DRC is fueling a deteriorating health crisis, alarming cholera outbreak, warns the IRC

From January to mid-March of this year, there has been an increase of almost 614 more cholera cases than during the same period in 2024 25.6 million people in DRC are experiencing high levels of acute ...
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The environmental toll of the M23 conflict in eastern DRC (Analysis)

The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic ...
UNHCR

Some 17,000 people return home in district of conflict-ravaged North Kivu

KANYATSI, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 12 (UNHCR) - At the foot of rolling hills in North Kivu's Masisi district, a 15-year-old boy began dismantling the simple shelter of leaves and sticks ...
Human Rights Watch

EU must act to save lives and end impunity in Eastern DRC

The fall of Uvira, the second largest city in South Kivu province, to the Rwandan-backed armed group March 23 Movement (M23) on 10 December must catalyse the European Union (EU) and its member states’ ...
Mongabay

The untold environmental toll of the DRC’s conflict

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo isn’t just killing ...