International Rescue Committee

Congo: Forgotten Crisis

Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998 and continue to leave as many as 45,000 dead every month, according to a major International Rescue Committee study.
(Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC)

Congo and the IRC on 60 Minutes

60 Minutes recently traveled with the IRC to camps in North Kivu, eastern Congo that shelter thousands of people displaced by fighting.  With IRC’s help, the TV crew took a close look at the humanitarian crisis and the root causes of Congo’s chronic violence.  Watch the report, which aired on CBS Nov 29. 

On Tuesday, Dec 1, IRC Congo expert Brian Sage joined our partners at the Enough Project for a special post-show telephone briefing. How the IRC helps in Congo >

Latest from North Kivu:

The IRC’s Peter Biro has just returned from North Kivu, where an upsurge of violence has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people. Some families have been forced to flee as many as four times.

Huffington Post: "We are forced to flee every two months"

Blog: "Women are afraid they could be raped any night here"

NEW Photos from Congo

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Congo Fact Sheet PDF    |    How We Help

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