Government Accountability

Eastern Congo’s Health Crisis Exposes Global Aid Failures and Regional Instability

By National Security Desk | October 8, 2025

The Red Cross reveals that more than 80% of health centers in Congo’s volatile eastern provinces lack crucial medicines due to ongoing rebel violence and humanitarian funding shortages — a stark reminder of failed international priorities and regional security threats.

In the shadow of relentless fighting in eastern Congo, an alarming humanitarian disaster unfolds that demands immediate attention—not only for the Congolese people but also for America's strategic interests. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), over 200 health facilities in North and South Kivu provinces are critically short of essential medicines. This shortage is not a simple supply issue but a symptom of deeper failures: the chaotic violence propagated by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and the chronic underfunding of humanitarian aid. The ICRC's assessment of 240 health centers shows that more than 80% of these facilities...

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