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There are 4.5 million internal refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo
http://www.unocha.org/drc(in February; at the start of the year, it was 4.35 million). 2 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition.
Thousands more are fleeing the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cvenzmgylgwt/democratic-republic-of-congo
KINSHASA/NEW YORK, 25 January 2018 – At least 1.3 million people, including more than 800,000 children, have been displaced by inter-ethnic violence and clashes between the regular army, militia and armed groups in the provinces of Tanganyika and South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF said today. The DRC is now home to one of the largest displacement crises in the world for children.
“Children in the eastern DRC continue to suffer devastating consequences as waves of violence destabilize the region,” said Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF Acting Representative in the DRC. “Hundreds of thousands of children in the region no longer have access to health care and education, while many have suffered atrocities at the hands of combatants. It is simply a brutal situation for children with no end in sight.”
Children in eastern DRC are also being sexually abused and recruited to fight. UNICEF and its partners have identified more than 800 cases of sexual abuse, although the true scale of sexual violence being perpetrated against children is believed to be much larger. Recent UNICEF data shows that more than 3,000 children have been recruited by militias and armed groups over the past year.
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/democratic-republic-congo-violence-tanganyika-and-south-kivu-fuels
“Children in the eastern DRC continue to suffer devastating consequences as waves of violence destabilize the region,” said Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF Acting Representative in the DRC. “Hundreds of thousands of children in the region no longer have access to health care and education, while many have suffered atrocities at the hands of combatants. It is simply a brutal situation for children with no end in sight.”
Children in eastern DRC are also being sexually abused and recruited to fight. UNICEF and its partners have identified more than 800 cases of sexual abuse, although the true scale of sexual violence being perpetrated against children is believed to be much larger. Recent UNICEF data shows that more than 3,000 children have been recruited by militias and armed groups over the past year.
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/democratic-republic-congo-violence-tanganyika-and-south-kivu-fuels
Congo's mega-crisis at deadly tipping point
Alarm bells ring as violence by hundreds of armed groups worsens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite 13 million people now needing emergency assistance, the aid response falls far from meeting even minimum lifesaving needs in worst affected areas.
"World leaders and public attention have failed to grasp that Congo's wars have returned on an enormous scale. Armed men attack and abuse defenceless women and children every day, displacing millions," said Egeland.
"While it's not easy to stop violence by hundreds of armed groups, it's inexplicable and shameful that we aren't providing the bare minimum assistance for the 4.5 million internally displaced people who've fled for their lives," Egeland said.
Despite having the largest number of people newly displaced in the world in both 2016 and 2017, aid operations in DRC only received 52 per cent of money needed over the past year. Relief agencies are underfunded and overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of this mega-crisis.
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/congos-mega-crisis-deadly-tipping-point
Alarm bells ring as violence by hundreds of armed groups worsens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite 13 million people now needing emergency assistance, the aid response falls far from meeting even minimum lifesaving needs in worst affected areas.
"World leaders and public attention have failed to grasp that Congo's wars have returned on an enormous scale. Armed men attack and abuse defenceless women and children every day, displacing millions," said Egeland.
"While it's not easy to stop violence by hundreds of armed groups, it's inexplicable and shameful that we aren't providing the bare minimum assistance for the 4.5 million internally displaced people who've fled for their lives," Egeland said.
Despite having the largest number of people newly displaced in the world in both 2016 and 2017, aid operations in DRC only received 52 per cent of money needed over the past year. Relief agencies are underfunded and overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of this mega-crisis.
https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/congos-mega-crisis-deadly-tipping-point
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