Eastern Drc: at Least 3 Million Displaced Persons Have Returned Home, According to Ocha

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At least 8.3 million internally displaced persons are still in need in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but there is a glimmer of hope with the return of more than 3 million internally displaced persons to their villages since January 2025. The announcement was made by the United Nations Agency for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (Ocha) in its report on the situation in the country.

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Nearly three million internally displaced people fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, according to a new report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which shows that nearly two million people have returned to their homes in North Kivu province, and more than 600,000 in South Kivu. The report shows that in South Kiv…