Medicines run short in DR Congo due to conflict: ICRC

Protesters hold placards against the presence of DRCongo army General Olivier Gasita, an officer appointed by President Tshisekedi to preside of the military intelligence within the 33rd Military Region, as they march during a demonstration in Uvira on September 8, 2025. [AFP]

More than 80 per cent of healthcare facilities have exhausted their supplies of essential medicines in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence continues unabated, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on Wednesday.

For 30 years, the country's mineral-rich east has been riven by conflict, with violence intensifying earlier this year, the M23 –- a Rwandan-backed armed group -- seized the key cities of Goma and Bukavu.