Intensifying conflict, inter-community fighting, and resulting displacement are depriving hundreds of thousands of children in Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), from ...

In a devastating turn of events, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly unfolding humanitarian disaster. The eastern province of South Kivu has been hit by severe floods ...

Press Release - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the sheer scale of people being displaced ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately ... mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. A small subset of those Rwandans who entered DRC ...

These latest numbers prove that internal displacement is not just a humanitarian crisis; it’s a clear development and political challenge that requires far more attention than it currently receives,” ...

Both sides recently called for a ceasefire, but clashes have continued in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri, with the M23 ... Amid fears that the conflict could spread beyond the DRC’s borders ...

Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly ...

Some 52 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to meet their basic food and nutrition needs in the upcoming lean season, driven by conflict, extreme weather and economic deterioration ...

Apart from extremes of climate, the agricultural sector continues to be affected by political instability and conflict. Some of this conflict stems from disputes over water and land. These are ...

Since 1947, India and Pakistan have been locked in conflict over Kashmir, a majority-Muslim region in the northernmost part of India. The mountainous, 86,000-square-mile territory was once a ...

But will peace talks overcome proxy ambitions and economic greed? The DRC has been persistently plagued by poverty, weak governance, and conflict. Contemporary misfortunes can be traced to brutal ...