UN Warns Record Number , of People Have Been Displaced , by Violence in Congo.<br />On October 31, the United Nations warned that <br />a record-breaking 6.9 million people have been <br />displaced in Congo amid decades of conflict. .<br />'The Independent' reports that the agency's <br />International Organization for Migration<br />(IOM) released data from Congo's 26 provinces.<br />According to the data, at least 80% of displaced <br />people originated in the eastern provinces of <br />North and South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika.<br />These provinces have been overrun <br />by armed groups looking to lay claim <br />to the region's resources, including gold. .<br />The most recent escalation of the <br />conflict has uprooted more people <br />in less time like rarely seen before, Fabien Sambussy, IOM’s chief of mission <br />in Congo, via 'The Independent' .<br />According to the IOM, over two-thirds <br />of those displaced live with host families, <br />accounting for 4.8 million refugees. .<br />'The Independent' reports that rising <br />violence has sparked global frustration. .<br />Earlier in October, Congo's government <br />ordered the country's East African <br />regional force to flee the country.<br />The force, which was deployed in 2022 to help <br />end the conflict, was allegedly told to leave after <br />a "lack of satisfactory results on the ground.".<br />According to the IOM, the U.N. has faced <br />pressure to pull its troops from Congo after <br />over 20 years of its peacekeeping mission. .<br />According to the IOM, the U.N. has faced <br />pressure to pull its troops from Congo after <br />over 20 years of its peacekeeping mission.
