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Over 80 per cent of health facilities in Eastern DRC left without humanitarian support, ICRC warns
Over 80 per cent of health facilities in Eastern DRC left without humanitarian support, ICRC warns
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 08, 2025

A September 2025 assessment by the ICRC found that 85 per cent of facilities lack essential medicines and nearly 40 per cent have lost health-care sta...

36,000 civilian deaths recorded in 2024 conflicts amid widespread use of banned explosives -UN
36,000 civilian deaths recorded in 2024 conflicts amid widespread use of banned explosives -UN
Mary Wambui  |  May 23, 2025

Notably, civilians, including women and children, continued to bear the brunt of armed conflict, suffering death, injury, forced displacement, enforce...

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