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Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, wrapped up his trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MONUSCO

A new UN early warning report has found that acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “hotspots” comprising 22 countries. WFP

A UN spokesperson said, “We and our partners continue to help the Government respond to the deadly floods and landslides” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED

“The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a neglected crisis with increasing humanitarian needs," the UN top aid official in the country warned today. UNTV CH

A Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres said peacekeepers from the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had “responded to alerts of the presence of CODECO members in several villages of Djugu territory in Ituri province,” immediately deploying to the area and “prompting the assailants to flee the scene.” UNIFEED

A UN Spokesperson said, “UN peacekeepers are conducting joint operations with the Congolese armed forces against the Allied Democratic Force (ADF), which have been perpetrating attacks northwest of Beni since 27 April.” UNIFEED

The Secretary-General expressed his solidarity and condolences to the people and governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda after heavy flooding killed at least 400 people since Thursday, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

Speaking at the opening of the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the region in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call to all the armed groups to lay down their arms “immediately and rejoin the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration process.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said armed groups – both local and foreign – must lay down their arms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and efforts must be redoubled to advance a lasting, sustainable peace in the region. UNIFEED

The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter of a billion facing acute hunger and with people in seven countries on the brink of starvation and death, says the latest report on acute hunger released Wednesday. FAO