France to host DR Congo emergency conference in October: Macron

France will host an emergency conference on the dire humanitarian situation facing Democratic Republic of Congo in October, President Emmanuel Macron said at the UN Tuesday.

“In the Great Lakes region, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC must be respected,” he said.

“We must restore hope to the population of Kivu and to the hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced there.”

The meeting next month in Paris would bring together “all those who can address the humanitarian emergency and combine (their efforts) with peace initiatives” already underway, Macron added.