UN Warns Record Number , of People Have Been Displaced , by Violence in Congo.
On October 31, the United Nations warned that
a record-breaking 6.9 million people have been
displaced in Congo amid decades of conflict. .
'The Independent' reports that the agency's
International Organization for Migration
(IOM) released data from Congo's 26 provinces.
According to the data, at least 80% of displaced
people originated in the eastern provinces of
North and South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika.
These provinces have been overrun
by armed groups looking to lay claim
to the region's resources, including gold. .
The most recent escalation of the
conflict has uprooted more people
in less time like rarely seen before, Fabien Sambussy, IOM’s chief of mission
in Congo, via 'The Independent' .
According to the IOM, over two-thirds
of those displaced live with host families,
accounting for 4.8 million refugees. .
'The Independent' reports that rising
violence has sparked global frustration. .
Earlier in October, Congo's government
ordered the country's East African
regional force to flee the country.
The force, which was deployed in 2022 to help
end the conflict, was allegedly told to leave after
a "lack of satisfactory results on the ground.".
According to the IOM, the U.N. has faced
pressure to pull its troops from Congo after
over 20 years of its peacekeeping mission. .
According to the IOM, the U.N. has faced
pressure to pull its troops from Congo after
over 20 years of its peacekeeping mission.