DRC: ICRC steps up efforts to help people in North and South Kivu
The ICRC has been stepping up its humanitarian activities in response to escalation of the conflict in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of...
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian crisis spills over into South Kivu
The ICRC has begun a distribution of essential items – clothing, blankets, mats, soap and kitchen sets – to over 500 displaced families who have...
Cholera and malnutrition add to the extreme suffering in North Kivu, DRC
Access to health care for these people was already weak, but is even more limited today. The fighting has forced several aid organisations to suspend...
Top ten most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007 - Conditions worsen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The headlines emerging from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2007 paid scant attention to the humanitarian crisis currently unfolding in the...
DRC: Rape cases up by 60 percent in North Kivu – UNHCR
A total of 351 cases of rape were reported in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), representing a 60 percent increase...