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News Digest Congo (DRC): Enseignant en grève, Mines de Kolwezi, Ebola à Mangina, Catastrophe Ferroviaire,…

Published every Monday, and updated daily through the week, our News Digest Congo (DRC) is a selected compilation of recent stories on various topics to keep an eye on, from grassroots groups, major NGOs and international media sources around the world. Available in English and/or French....

UNICEF mobilizing hundreds of community workers to fight Ebola outbreak in DRC

If we don’t hear much about Ebola anymore in the news outside of Africa, the Government of in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus on May 8, and UNICEF is mobilizing hundreds of community workers. We're mobilizing hundreds of community...

Kasai Region, the epicenter of recent violence and humanitarian crisis in Congo (DRC)

We already mentioned the dire humanitarian crisis in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Last year we published an editorial (in French): Denis Mukwege et l’avenir de la RD du Congo. IRIN also published an article on the Congo crisis: How did we get here? A...

Journée Internationale des Droits de l’Enfant (20 novembre 2017)

La Journée mondiale de l’enfance a été créée en 1954 et est célébrée chaque année le 20 novembre afin de promouvoir le respect et les droits des enfants. Le 20 novembre marque le jour de l’adoption par l’Assemblée de la Déclaration des droits de l’enfant en 1959,...

Join the Team UNICEF World Run on October, 9th!

Team UNICEF World Run is a connected and universal charity race to help vulnerable children around the world with one goal: help UNICEF to save, protect and educate children. On 9th October, wherever you are, run 10 km alone or with your team at a time of your choice, and challenge...

Grace Akallo comes back from the last place on earth

UNICEF published an awful, true story. The story of Grace Akallo who was abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army and forced to fight – to live.  She talks about her captivity and how education became her hope, her salvation – and her impetus to fight for peace. From the...