UN pauses aid flights in east DR Congo after helicopter attack
The United Nations announced Monday it was suspending humanitarian flights across much of conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after one of its helicopters came under attack.
Unidentified militants fired on a UN helicopter “10 minutes” from the trade hub of Goma in North Kivu province on Friday, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The 10 passengers and three crew members on board were unharmed, but the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) decided to temporarily suspend humanitarian flights in North Kivu and neighbouring Ituri province.
