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DRC: Addressing the most urgent needs in the east
19 January, 2013
November 2012: Children in the Lac Vert IDP site near Goma, North Kivu. The site became home to around 30,000 IDPs following fighting between the M23 and the Congolese army that month. Credit: OCHA/Imane Gana Cherif
Aid organizations appeal for $30.5 million to help displaced people in North Kivu.
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DRC: Helping displaced communities in Goma
26 December, 2012
20 December 2012: Displaced children at La Poste IDP camp in Minova, South Kivu. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes
Aid organizations step up aid and reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people in eastern Congo. [English - French]
In mid-November, fighting between the Congolese army and the M-23 rebel group...
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Humanitarian Appeal: UN calls for US$ 8.5 billion to help...
14 December, 2012
14 Dec: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos (middle), World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Michel Roy launch the Consolidated Appeal Process 2013 in Rome. Credit: WFP
As we enter 2013, there is no let-up in humanitarian needs in the...
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DRC: Recent fighting has caused “crisis within a crisis” –...
30 November, 2012
IDP camp at Kanyarucinya north of Goma. Credit: IRIN/Nicholas Long
Tens of thousands on the move; access remains difficult.
Humanitarian Coordinator for the DRC Mr. Moustapha Soumaré said today that there are serious concerns over the humanitarian needs of tens of thousands of people recently...
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Aid Worker Diary: Assessing the needs of people affected by...
14 November, 2012
September 2012: Villagers and displaced people in Mutabi run from a gunfire exchange between the Mayi-Mayi armed group and the national army. Photo credit: Credit: OCHA/Sylvestre Ntumba Mudingayi
A humanitarian assessment team travels to a village in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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