Red Cross volunteers buried a six-month-old orphan under strict Ebola protocols in eastern DRC’s Bunia on Friday, as health workers warned that the outbreak in Ituri province is continuing to spread one month after it was officially declared. Footage shows Red Cross teams disinfecting vehicles, putting on protective gear andContinue Reading
Uganda hosts more than two million refugees across 13 settlements – the largest refugee population in Africa The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a EUR 3 million contribution from the European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) to provide life-saving food assistance to 336,000Continue Reading
The campaign also calls for the DRC to establish 1 October as an annual Day of Reflection and Action on Crimes under International Law Committed in the DRC Six million people around the world are being asked to sign a petition launched by Amnesty International today, to demand justice forContinue Reading
More than 2 million forcibly displaced people, including over 320,000 refugees, live in areas at risk in the DRC, where fighting continues alongside the spread of Ebola disease UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the accelerating spread of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic RepublicContinue Reading
