ACT Alliance Full Appeal: Assistance to IDPs in Eastern DRC
Appeal Target: US$ 2,187,145. ACT members are undertaking a coordinated response to over 68 000 beneficiaries through short-term food assistance, food security and livelihoods support, child nutrition, psychosocial support to survivors of SGBV and war-related abuses, provision of essential non-food items and emergency school support.
CARE trains men and women in eastern Congo to detect and prevent sexual violence
As the group takes a short break, 32-year old Patrick tells us: "I have learned a lot during the last two days and I will share it with everyone in the camp." He adds, "In my family, my sisters didn't inherit anything. I know now that this is also a sort of violence against women."
Watch out for "dangerous" jargon in conflict reports
Expert Phil Vernon writes down a checklist of words used by peacebuilders that are often a sign of lazy thinking and poor analysis of a conflict and can therefore lead to poor responses
Congo rebels demand government ceasefire before talks
Efforts to end nine-month rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo failed when both sides talked war instead of an end to crisis
Rebel groups hit with UN sanctions over eastern Congo
U.N. Security Council sanctions committee blacklists two rebel groups responsible for war crimes in eastern DRC
Rwanda vows to help on Congo at UN, assails 'blame game'
Rwanda vows to use its two-year U.N. Security Council stint to help end the conflict that has destabilised neighbouring DRC