The United Nations says the humanitarian crisis in the DR Congo has been worsened by the eruption of a volcano in the country’s east, with the largest number of people in urgent need of assistance.
David William McLachlan-Karr, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Democratic Republic of Congo says the humanitarian response plan, which targets nearly 10 million people, is grossly underfunded.
He said 27.3 million people in the nation of 86 million were acutely food insecure and that only 12% of the funding needed to help them has been received as yet
About five million people have been displaced, are fleeing insecurity, violence and natural disasters when Mount Nyiragongo spewed torrents of lava into villages last month.
Thousands of residents were forced to flee Goma and seek refuge in other regions of the country and in its neighbouring country Rwanda,.
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