However, DRC needs greater investments in agriculture and rural development to turn the tide against hunger.” said Peter Musoko, WFP DRC director. WFP is ramping up its assistance schemes to improve livelihoods. ”We are worried by the number of people displaced by conflict, leaving more families hungry. World Food Program (WFP) and other relief agencies don’t have enough funding to help them all. Overall there are nearly 26 million people in the DRC facing severe levels of hunger.
We are calling for collective efforts to pacify the conflict in the Ituri province so that the Congolese people can return to their homes and their livelihoods and live in peace.”Ĭongolese civilians also have another enemy which may claim their lives: hunger. Valentin Tapsoba, director of UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Southern Africa, pleads, ‘‘This cycle of violence must end. There are numerous armed groups to fear, and they could attack at any moment. This is the tragic reality in the DRC, where families can lose their homes or lives.
Some were burned alive in their shelters 23 children were among the fatalities. One of the armed groups attacked with guns and machetes - 45 people killed at the site. These victims had just been forced from their homes, and they were supposed to find rest and safety at the camp. On June 12, in the Ituri province, Congolese civilians were getting settled at the Lala displacement site. Most of the victims are in three northeast provinces, North and South Kivu and Ituri.
Armed groups have forced from their homes more than 6 million people in the DRC. For example, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the countries where displacement is quickly increasing.Ĭivilians in this African nation are going through a horror few can imagine. Sadly, the plight of many of these victims goes unnoticed. That alarming number is more than 108 million people worldwide according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). On June 20, World Refugee Day, we focus our attention on the growing number of people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
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