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Press release
25 April 2025

John Agbor assumes duty as UNICEF Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Humanitarian situation in the eastern DRC

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council

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A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC

Press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

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14 March 2025

Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response

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Press release
03 March 2025

UNICEF reaches 364,000 children daily in Goma with clean water and sanitation after escalation in DR Congo conflict

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Press release
26 February 2025

Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in last month – UNICEF

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Press release
17 February 2025

Thousands more children deprived of education as crisis in eastern DR Congo escalates – UNICEF

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Statement

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo increasingly exposed to sexual violence, abduction and recruitment

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