Reports

Major Developments - On Friday 07/11/08 shooting erupted between FARDC and CNDP close to Kibati IDP settlement 15kms north of Goma; more than 50,000 people started heading towards Goma but returned when the shooting stopped; Goma and surrounding areas are…

(Recasts, adds details, background) By Emmanuel Braun KIBATI, Congo, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Congolese Tutsi rebels and government troops fought near a refugee camp in east Congo on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee in panic. Congolese and U.N. military…

NEW YORK, USA, 7 November 2008 - A fragile ceasefire is falling apart in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, further deepening an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. Over the last two days, fighting between rebels and…

Concern Worldwide still does not have safe access to its operations in Masisi, North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Humanitarian access is nearly impossible outside Goma", according to Fergus Thomas, Area Coordinator for Concern. The city of Goma is…

BUNIA, 6 November 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers have been evacuated after attacks by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the north-eastern territory of Dungu, near the Sudan border, which have caused thousands of civilians to flee…

Titres - Insécurité liée à la détérioration de la situation humanitaire dans la zone de Dogdoré - L'année scolaire débute dans la région du Dar Sila à l'est du Tchad - Le PAM va commencer ses activités nutritionnelles d'urgence dans les écoles pour…

Headlines - Insecurity causes deterioration of humanitarian situation in east's Dogdoré area - School year starts in the Dar Sila region of eastern Chad - WFP to start emergency school-feeding activities for IDP children in eastern Chad - General food distributions for October completed in…

Latest developments - An estimated 100,000 people have fled from North Kivu's Rutshuru territory, of which about half are children. - Over the last six weeks alone, more than 250,000 people have been forced to flee fighting, bringing the total number…

LRA Attacks on the city of Dungu on 1 and 2 November - Entire population has fled Dungu - Evacuation of humanitarian actors, difficult access to IDPs Political and security context Attacks and exactions Since 17 September, in the territory of Dungu in Orientale…

VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DRC ESCALATES FURTHER - Renewed fighting in eastern DRC causes some 100,000 newly displaced in the last week, half of these estimated to be children; 250,000 newly displaced since late August in North Kivu province alone. - Affected…