Archive for July 9th, 2024

09/07/2024

What’s Happening in the Central African Republic?

Human Wrongs Watch

By Marion Guenard | Norwegian Refugee Council*

4 July 2024 — The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been overlooked for years. A landlocked country in the heart of central west Africa, CAR continues to pay the price of a long-standing conflict, and one in five Central Africans remains displaced.

This family fled their village of Loura in CAR after atrocities were committed against civilians. Photo: Marion Guenard/NRC

Here are five things you need to know about what’s happening in CAR.

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09/07/2024

United Nations’ Special Envoy Highlights Alarming Violence and Neglected Humanitarian Crisis in DR Congo

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in alarming levels of violence and widespread civilian displacement, the UN envoy for the country reported on Monday [].
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A community health worker walks through an IDP camp in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
© UNICEF/Jospin Benekire | A community health worker walks through an IDP camp in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.