Mounting Inter-Ethnic Tensions in DRC’s Kasai Region Threaten New Violence

The U.N. refugee agency warns mounting inter-ethnic tension in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to plunge the region into renewed violence, with fears of more civilian displacement. Last month, inter-ethnic fighting caused more than 11,000 people to flee their homes in the northern part of the Kasai.  The number is small when compared to the 900,000 Congolese who have become internally displaced since the Kasai crisis erupted in 2016. But the U.N....

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