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UNHCR: Congo at risk of humanitarian disaster
21.02.2018 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of this week, while speaking within a regular briefing in Geneva, Andrej Mahecic, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the violence spreading across Tanganyika, which is three times the size of Switzerland with a population of some three million, has now internally displaced over 630,000 people," UN Radio reports.
As to the report, this number is almost twice up against 370,000 who were displaced within Tanganyika within last year Dec.
As to Mahecic, Tanganyika region within the south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo could be engulfed by a humanitarian disaster of «extraordinary proportions.»
It is to be admitted, the UN agency together with its partners are responding to the crisis. But given the scale of the calamity, is appealing for increased assistance to help the population cope.
«For 2018, [we are] appealing for US$368.7 million for the Congolese situation,» said Mr. Mahecic, noting that US$80 million is required to support the internally displaced populations inside the country.
«[We also] call on the Congolese authorities to ensure the protection of the civilian population, to effectively follow-up any reports of crimes attributed to the armed forces and to put an end to the perception of impunity related to human rights abuses,» he added.
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