Congo-Kinshasa: As More People Are Driven From Their Homes in DRC Food Insecurity Worsens, Creating Heightened Humanitarian Needs Regionally

Congo-Kinshasa: As More People Are Driven From Their Homes in DRC Food Insecurity Worsens, Creating Heightened Humanitarian Needs Regionally

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the sheer scale of people being displaced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to escalating conflict, is pushing food insecurity to crisis proportions and deepening an already strained humanitarian response both internally and across the region. WFP is scaling up its efforts to ensure lifesaving aid reaches displace…

Africa's Worsening Refugee Crisis - Geopolitical Futures

(click to enlarge) Conflicts across Africa have displaced more than 45 million people, the highest number on record by the end of 2024. The crisis has grown for 13 straight years, with most displaced people remaining within their own countries. Millions more have crossed borders as refugees or asylum seekers. The main causes of displacement in Africa fall into two broad categories. First, there are the civil wars in Sudan, Ethiopia and the Democ…

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), the scale of forced displacement due to the escalation of the conflict is pushing food insecurity to crisis proportions and worsening an already tense humanitarian response both within the country and in the region. Cross-border travel is thus worsening the food crisis. During the first four [...]