Republic of Congo News News Republic of Congo » People: UN warns 27 million face hunger in DR Congo
Nearly 27 million people in the DRC face "crisis levels of food insecurity or worse" by early next year, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme. That includes nearly ...
News Republic of Congo » People: Professor Felix Kaputu Announces the Publication of “Réinventer le Congo-Kinshasa”
Professor Felix Kaputu has released Réinventer le Congo-Kinshasa, a comprehensive study of the Dodekaprogramme, Joseph Kabila’s twelve-pillar strategy for the reconstruction and governance of the ...
News Republic of Congo » People: Former Congo leader appears at political meeting despite absentia death sentence
The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes ...
News Republic of Congo » People: The Congolese amputee giving new prosthetic limbs to the wounded
After losing her leg in a 2014 bombing in eastern Congo, Wivine Kavira Mukata transformed her trauma into purpose by becoming an ortho-prosthetist, helping fellow amputees regain mobility and dignity.
News Republic of Congo » People: UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DR Congo
Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and face rampant insecurity, a senior United Nations official warned on ...
News Republic of Congo » People: UN says Congo needs half a billion dollars as 26 million face severe hunger
More than 26 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are in urgent need of food aid as United Nations agencies warn that a deepening funding crisis is threatening to derail one of the ...
News Republic of Congo » People: Paris Meeting Should Prioritize Promoting Aid and Justice in Congo
On October 30, France will host a conference in Paris in support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes to rally global support to confront the deepening humanitarian crisis region and to give ...
News Republic of Congo » People: UN agency says 13.7 million people face severe hunger due to global aid cuts
ROME (Reuters) -Almost 14 million people in countries including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, risk severe hunger due to cuts in global humanitarian ...
News Republic of Congo » People: 21 mn people need humanitarian aid in DR Congo: Oxfam France
More than 21 million people need humanitarian aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- nearly one-fifth of the population, NGO Oxfam France said on ...
News Republic of Congo » People: Congo, Rwanda eye October start to security measures under Trump-backed peace deal
The Congolese and Rwandan foreign ministers signed a peace deal in Washington on June 27 and met that same day with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is keen to draw billions of dollars of Western ...