United Nations, June 6 (IANS) Increased deadly attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this week isolate communities and threaten the Ebola response, UN humanitarians have warned.The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday (local time) said the intensifying violence is claiming civilian lives and severely restricting humanitarian access in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.OCHA said that in North Kivu, local authorities reported an armed attac…
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United Nations, May 9 (IANS) A new wave of deadly attacks against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has raised alarm, a UN spokesman has said. In the last three days, at least 34 civilians have reportedly been killed in a series of attacks in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general on Friday (local time), quoting the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.In Ituri’s Irumu and Mambasa, attacks rep…