More Warnings on Security, Humanitarian Situation in DR Congo DRC Uganda
to the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned the Security Council that the situation in eastern Congo has become"increasingly dramatic".and the persistent activism of other armed groups, including the ADF, Zaire and CODECO, to name a few, continue to inflict intolerable suffering on the civilian population," the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the DRC, Bintou Keita, told the 15-member Council.
Keita, who is also the head of the UN Mission in the DRC , pointed out that in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, hundreds of thousands of people have fled abuses by armed groups and clashes between the and the Armed Forces of the DRC but also between CODECO and militants from the Zaire group - which have clashed often over the control of gold mines in the region.UN News, 29 March 2023
The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the security situation in eastern Congo has"deteriorated considerably" in…
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