Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chairman’s summary

SC/12995

Le 7 septembre 2017, le Comité du Conseil de sécurité créé par la résolution 1533 (2004) concernant la République démocratique du Congo s’est réuni avec le Groupe d’experts sur la République démocratique du Congo, dont le mandat a été prorogé, le 21 juin 2017, jusqu’au 1er août 2018, comme suite à la résolution 2360 (2017).

SC/12995

On 7 September 2017, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo met with the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose mandate was extended on 21 June 2017 to 1 August 2018 pursuant to resolution 2360 (2017).

Kinshasa, September 18, 2017 – A peacekeeper from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) was killed yesterday in Beni territory in the North Kivu province.

MONUSCO troops reacted to an attack by presumed Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) against a position of the Congolese armed forces (FARDC), which is located 500 meters from the MONUSCO base.

KASAI REGION CRISIS: SCALING UP RESPONSE FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE; UNICEF LAUNCHES “BACK-TO-SCHOOL” CAMPAIGN

Mauritania hosts over 2,000 urban refugees and asylum seekers and almost 52,000 Malian refugees in Mbera, a camp established in 2012, in the arid south-east region close to the Malian border.

Despite the conclusion of a peace agreement in 2015, largescale returns of Malian refugees are not expected due to persistent violence in northern Mali.

The protracted displacement situation in Mbera exercises a considerable pressure on already limited local resources in the Bassikounou region.

HIGHLIGHTS

6,571
Refugees in Cacanda reception centre
31,370
Refugees registered in Lunda Norte

1,667
Families currently in the reception centre
30
Persons with disabilities

54%
Children (under 18 years old)
64
Unaccompanied and Separated Children

1 in 4
Households are headed by women
22%
Of the population are women

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

16,000 IDPs FLEE FRESH CLASHES IN BASSE-KOTTO

Recent clashes between armed groups in two localities in the southern Basse-Kotto prefecture have forced around 16,000 displaced people to flee for safety in the neighbouring Ouaka prefecture. They were initially uprooted from their homes in May. The displacement has left them in desperate need of emergency assistance, especially shelter, basic household items, food, water, hygiene and protection.

DR CONGO

RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE

16 000 PDI FUIENT DE NOUVEAUX AFFRONTEMENTS EN BASSE-KOTTO

Les affrontements récents entre groupes armés dans deux localités de la préfecture de la BasseKotto, au sud, ont obligé environ 16 000 personnes déplacées à trouver refuge dans la préfecture voisine de la Ouaka. Elles avaient déjà fui leurs foyers en mai. Ce nouveau déplacement les a laissé dans le besoin désespéré d‘une aide d'urgence, en particulier d’abris, articles ménagers de base, nourriture, eau, hygiène et protection.

1. Background

Overview of the context before deployment

Bangladesh

Affected areas: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet divisions

Cause of displacement Disaster:

Figures More than 427,000 new disaster displacements between 12 August and 4 September

Context

Situation

• Refugees and other vulnerable communities in Tanzania face persistent food insecurity despite rapid economic growth and domestic agricultural production that meets national food requirements, according to the UN World Food Program (WFP).

HIGHLIGHTS

2,313 Refugees in Lóvua settlement

31,370 Refugees registered in Lunda Norte

681 Families currently in Lóvua 9 Persons with disabilities

52% Children (under 18 years old)

17 Unaccompanied and Separated Children

1 in 5 Households are headed by women

21% Of the population is family size one

676 UNHCR family tents distributed

19 September 2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure protection for refugees and asylum-seekers after a shocking shooting incident in Kamanyola on September 15 in which at least 39 people were killed and another 94 injured.

Abeba, le 18 septembre 2017: Le Président de la Commission de l 'Union africaine (UA), Son Excellence, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condamne les violents affrontements entre les forces de sécurité congolaises et les demandeurs d'asile burundais qui ont fait 38 morts, dont 37 réfugiés burundais et un officier congolais, ainsi que plus d'une centaine de blessés dans la ville de Kamanyalo.

Continued violence in the Central African Republic has triggered new levels of displacement. In August 2017, the number of Central African refugees in neighbouring countries reached the highest number of CAR refugees seen since the start of the crisis in 2013. In addition to the refugees, the number of internally displaced people remained close to 600,000 by the end of August, 2017. With more than 1.1 million people displaced inside CAR or as refugees in neighbouring countries, the overall population displacement is at its highest level since 2013.

Around the world, there are too many refugee children who haven’t just lost their homes, they’re also losing their futures every single day.

More than half of all the refugee children in the world – 3.5 million children – aren’t in school.

ABOUT

Luebo, le 19 septembre 2017 (caritasdev.cd) : La Caritas-Développement Luebo, dans la Province du Kasaï, est en train de finaliser les travaux d’aménagement de 48 sources d’eau potable et de réhabilitation de 12 écoles primaires. Cette activité cadre avec le projet « Ecoles et Villages Assainis » (EAV), actuellement orienté vers les urgences.