Civil war in DRC tops the list of the world’s most neglected crises
Nairobi — Six of the world’s 10 most neglected crises are in Africa, where conflict has uprooted millions of people, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Thursday. The council attributed the continent’s dominance in this regard to a lack of media attention, aid and political will. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where years of civil war have led more than five-million people to flee their homes, topped the NRC’s annual list this year. South Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Central African Republic and Nigeria also featured. NRC secretary-general Jan Egeland said that while Syria was the bloodiest war in the world with millions displaced over the last eight years, it was not considered to be among the most neglected crises as it was receiving global attention. Conflicts in Africa, he said, were viewed differently. "Many displaced from these countries do not end up as refugees in the Mediterranean, and are not visible for us in the north — so these crises get too little diplom...
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