Peace agreement fails to stop violence and natural resource exploitation
- Armed groups seek to control territory and mining profits, causing violence and exploitation.
- Rising hunger and malnutrition likely as economic inequality continues to affect the conflict-weary population.
- Collapsing health services will struggle to handle new disease outbreaks.
- Drastic aid cuts and worsening access threaten the humanitarian response.
Country facts
- Population: 102 million
- People in need of humanitarian assistance: 14.9 million
- People in crisis or worse food insecurity: 28 million
- Rank in Human Development Index: 171 of 193
IRC response
- Started work in Congo: 1996
