The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has precipitated a humanitarian crisis marked by an increase in ...

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the Southern Africa region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Fragile and conflict-affected states are home to nearly 1 billion people facing many challenges—from low-capacity institutions and the limited provision of public goods to extreme poverty, forced ...

The rivalry between the two biggest economies — the US and China — is escalating in the eastern DRC over the battle for the critical minerals in the region. The intensified rivalry has been laid bare ...

But victims of the Kisangani war, between Uganda and Rwanda on Congolese soil 25 years ago, are yet to be compensated.  The ...

CLASHES persist despite an agreement signed in April aimed at establishing a truce between the Democratic Republic of Congo government and March 23 Movement–Congo River Alliance (M23–AFC) armed groups ...

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 ...

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 ...

particularly in South Kivu, where agricultural productivity is constrained by poor infrastructure, land degradation, climatic variability, and recurrent armed conflict. In the high altitude ...

particularly in South Kivu, where agricultural productivity is constrained by poor infrastructure, land degradation, climatic variability, and recurrent armed conflict. In the high altitude ...

Francine stands in front of the tent she erected on the ashes of her home after returning to her village in North Kivu. A leader and survivor, she is committed to supporting her community as they ...

Reports indicate casualties among international peacekeepers, while hundreds of thousands of residents have fled their homes amid fears that the years-long conflict could escalate into a large ...