World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti

A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and long-term solutions to address the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Read the full article at:

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/05/1149691

World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti

DR Congo: ‘Relentless’ violence worsening plight of children in Ituri province

26 Apr 2021

A recent spike in inter-community violence in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening the plight of children there, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Monday, urging greater international support.

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks

24 Nov 2023

Humanitarians are urgently scaling up aid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where an escalating crisis is again unfolding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday.

DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years

18 Aug 2023

A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF.