Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Refugee camps 43
Refugees 248
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Right to justice 11
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Rwandans 3
SGBV 151
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Security forces 83
Security situation 415
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Shia 29
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UN rights chief calls for investigation into 'landscape of horror' in DR Congo's Kasai provinces 20 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Hear the voices of Congo's girl child soldiers 19 June 2017 \| Publisher: IRIN \| Document type: Country News
Urgent need to establish a commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Kasai region 19 June 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
DRC: Human rights grievances fuelling a "desperate and dangerous" situation 16 June 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief expresses solidarity with people of troubled Kasai region 16 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Ten years of deliberate impunity in radio journalist's murder 13 June 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Angola: Funds urgently needed as Congolese refugee influx overwhelms services, warns UN agency 12 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
International community must ensure 'endemic' impunity in DR Congo brought to an end – UN rights chief 9 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Urgent aid needed for over 9,000 children fleeing violence in DR Congo to Angola – UNICEF 2 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
DR Congo: UN Should Investigate Kasai Violence 1 June 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News

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