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Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in last month – UNICEF said
Mar 2, 2025UNICEF is deeply concerned by the significant increase in reports of grave violations against children in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The number of incidents has tripled since the latest escalation... -
Democratic Republic of the Congo starts mpox vaccination in high-priority provinces
Oct 10, 2024The Ministry of Public Health and Prevention, supported by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa CDC and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today started vaccinating vulnerable groups against mpox in high-priority provinces in the Democratic Republic... -
Children at significant risk from surging mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF
Aug 21, 2024Thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries are at significant risk of contracting the mpox virus as cases of a new, more deadly, variant continue to surge, UNICEF warned.... -
UNICEF strengthens response to DRC’s worst floods in 60 years and growing cholera outbreak
Feb 10, 2024UNICEF and partners are responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo River rising to levels not seen in more than 60 years. Eighteen out of DRC’s 26 provinces... -
UNICEF condemns attack on camp for displaced people in eastern DRC that kills 23 children
Jun 13, 2023UNICEF is horrified by an attack on a camp for displaced people in the early hours of 12 June 2023 in Ituri Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The brutal... -
Conflict in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on children’s education
Mar 29, 2023The education of around 750,000 children has been disrupted in two most conflict-affected provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). New figures released by UNICEF show that between January 2022 and March 2023,... -
Up to 75,000 people living in a remote camp in eastern DRC facing ‘hellish conditions’
Dec 9, 2021Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children – living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are braving “hellish... -
Up to 280,000 children face displacement because of DRC volcano threat
May 30, 2021As the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) advise people living in part of the city of Goma to vacate their homes due to the risk of another volcanic eruption, UNICEF has warned... -
Children and families at risk following huge volcano eruption in Goma, warns UNICEF
May 24, 2021UNICEF has reported that more than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing as people fled the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of... -
Unrelenting violence continues to impact children in Ituri, eastern DRC
Oct 7, 2020UNICEF continues to be deeply concerned about thousands of children at risk amid unrelenting violence in Ituri, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Children continue to suffer grievously because of violence and chaos unleashed during...
