UN sounds alarm over rising hunger crisis in eastern DR Congo
WFP says a ‘deepening hunger crisis’ is unfolding and that it may have to pause food aid due to record low funding.

WFP says a ‘deepening hunger crisis’ is unfolding and that it may have to pause food aid due to record low funding.



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Rescue teams searched for the missing after deadly incidents in Equateur province this week.
‘While we are removing the emergency, we need to keep the urgency,’ says independent panel of experts for the WHO.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls for accountability for victims of ‘horrific’ atrocities.
Authorities suspect 28 cases of the deadly virus, with the latest recorded in the southern Kasai province.
Qatar’s foreign ministry said delegations were meeting in Doha to review the implementation of a truce signed in July.
The Washington Agreement and the Doha Declaration of Principles face the same challenges as past mediation efforts.
Congolese military auditor general asks court to condemn Kabila to death for war crimes including homicide and torture.
Both sides accuse the other of violating the terms of an earlier deal mediated by Qatar.

A week of attacks by ISIL-backed rebel group Allied Democratic Forces has killed more than 50 people in eastern DR Congo
MONUSCO condemns the attacks by the ADF ‘in the strongest possible terms’, the mission’s spokesperson says.