The United Nations issued an urgent $1.4 billion appeal Wednesday to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Congo.
Drastic funding cuts now threaten to abandon four million vulnerable people as international support for the region rapidly evaporates.
The agency must narrow its focus to 7.3 million survivors, leaving millions more to navigate a landscape of shadows.
This financial retreat follows a significant reduction in global aid spearheaded by the United States administration since early 2025.
Persistent armed conflict and climatic shocks continue to ravage the eastern provinces, where the M23 group seizes ancestral lands.
Violence has shattered essential supply chains, making the delivery of life-saving medicine more complex and dangerous than ever before.
Nearly 400,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition may lose access to the specialized treatments they need to stay alive.
Closed clinics and empty pharmacies have already deprived 1.5 million people of the primary healthcare required to fight epidemics.
The Congo remains the world’s most neglected emergency, a silent tragedy unfolding beneath the weight of global financial indifference.