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Photo by Ley Uwera - UNHCR
Nearly 900 killed following DRC attacks
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said that at least 890 villagers were reportedly killed in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo last month, following brutal inter-communal clashes. Read more
Photo by Frederic Noy - UNHCR
DRC inter-communal clashes drive 16,000 refugees into Congo-Brazzaville
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting local authorities in the Republic of the Congo to provide humanitarian assistance to some 16,000 recently arrived refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more
Journalist killed in Congo-Uganda clash
A journalist in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo died earlier in the week from gunshot wounds he sustained in a shootout between Congolese troops and Ugandan rebels Read more