Oxfam staff set up a water bladder to store clean water at a location hosting people displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Drissa Fadiga/ Oxfam Humanitarian organizations ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is now in its fourth decade of a major humanitarian crisis due to widespread violence. While aid has been provided, conflict persists and the emergency becomes more ...

Africa’s most “water-rich” country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is facing an acute drinking water supply crisis. Only an estimated 26 per cent of its population has access to ...

In 2021, after three months of repairs funded by the ICRC, part of Beni's population had better access to drinking water. REGIDESO, the water utility in Beni, added seven public drinking fountains to ...

A mystery illness has caused dozens of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A "poisoning of a water source" may be a cause, the WHO says.

More United Nations officials are expressing grave concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The U.N. Refugee Agency and UNICEF said they’re ...

There are an impressive number of unfinished houses. Many inhabitants draw water from nearby rivers – such as the Congo River – or from uncovered wells, susceptible to contamination. Some buy water ...

Ongoing fighting between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an armed militia group called M-23 has left the African country in one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. The United ...

Men sit outside the general hospital on Thursday in Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some victims of unidentified illnesses are being treated. The Associated Press BASANKUSU ...

Map locates the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, and its eastern regional capital, Goma, in North Kivu, as well as the town of Saké, ten miles to the west of Goma. Goma is adjacent to the ...