Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns
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The surge is unfolding against the backdrop of escalating conflict in eastern DRC, where renewed…

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Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns

Security Council renews DR Congo peacekeeping mission amid renewed M23 offensives in the east
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Resolution 2808 (2025) extends the mandate of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC…

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Security Council renews DR Congo peacekeeping mission amid renewed M23 offensives in the east

Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war
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A new offensive by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) has reignited large-scale…

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Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war

UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000
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The UN’s Deputy Spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the surge in…

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UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000

Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the situation in South…

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Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement

DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding
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UN aid agencies are struggling to access provinces overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebel fighters at…

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DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding

DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose hope’
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Bintou Keita issued the message in an exclusive interview with UN News just a few…

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DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose hope’

DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says
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“There are discrepancies between the progress we see on paper and the reality we observe…

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DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
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The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented…

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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma
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Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to…

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DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma