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U.N. briefs on multiple humanitarian crises: eastern DRC, Mozambique, South Sudan, Haiti and Colombia
Summary
The U.N. reported large displacements and rising insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, urged more support for Mozambique amid overlapping crises, recounted a visit to South Sudan by the head of peace operations, and noted casualties in Haiti and human-rights concerns in Colombia.
U.N. officials at the press briefing summarized several separate humanitarian and peacekeeping situations across Africa and Latin America.
On the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the U.N. said clashes in Lubero territory north of Goma forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes, about half of them children, and led to suspension of some local health services. Reports cited widespread human-rights violations during recent clashes and an increase in crime in Goma and elsewhere, including kidnappings and reported attempts to seize humanitarian vehicles. The U.N. said one humanitarian aid…
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