Congo - Kinshasa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DROC, the DRC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and formerly Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is, by area, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, the second-largest in all of Africa, and the 11th-largest in the world. Wikipedia
Capital: Kinshasa
Dialing code: +243
President: Felix Tshisekedi
Population: 86.79 million (2019) World Bank
Currency: Congolese franc
Official language: French
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Aug 2023
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is calling for urgent humanitarian efforts to support displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following recurring attacks by armed groups. The DRC is one of Africa's most complex and long-standing humanitarian crises, with 6.2 million internally displaced people and over 1.3 million Congolese seeking refuge in other African countries. Since March 2022, 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes in the eastern DRC's North Kivu Province due to clashes between armed groups and government forces. The lack of infrastructure and sanitation in displacement sites has led to significant health threats, such as cholera and measles. UNHCR requires $233 million to respond to the needs of displaced people in the DRC this year but has only received 15% of that amount.
