Congo-Kinshasa: Almost 80,000 Flee DR Congo Amid Fighting, Sexual Violence

New Report Highlights Alarming Rise in Arbitrary Arrests and Death Sentences for Youth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Death Penalty Information Center

A new report published by Ius Stella, a non-profit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), highlights ongoing human rights violations in the nation’s efforts to eliminate urban gangs, which has been marked by arbitrary arrest and the imposition of death sentences, including on vulnerable civilian youth populations, after military trials whose fairness is in grave doubt. Earlier in January, reports emerged that 170 death-sentenced prisoner…

Amid escalating deaths and displacement, bishops urge swift action in Congo

Catholic bishops in Central Africa have called on regional leaders to take swift action in the implementation of the peace resolutions to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Death [...]

Some 80,000 flee violence in DRC

Some 61,000 refugees have entered Burundi, according to the release attributed to UN Secretary-General Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, who also alluded to internally displaced persons (IDPs). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has requested the receiving States to register all asylum seekers from the DRC and provide them with documents. According to Actualite.cd, in response to the crisis, the Burundian Interior Minister g…

Congo-Kinshasa: Almost 80,000 Flee DR Congo Amid Fighting, Sexual Violence

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across borders with no sign of the exodus stopping, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

UNHCR calls for continued protection and assistance for Congolese fleeing escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo

Families fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo shelter at a local school in Burundi’s Cibitoke province in February 2025. © UNHCR/Bernard Ntwari DONATE NOW This is a summary of what was said by Patrick Eba, Deputy Director of UNHCR’s Division of International Protection – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today issue…

At least half a million people have fled the fighting in the last two months. Analysis, in infographics, of the humanitarian crisis caused by the M23 offensive in the DRC.