Via Actualite.cd, a report on a situation that could spread Ebola and cripple the response: Ituri: more than 300,000 displaced already, the need to act in the face of this new humanitarian emergency. The Google translation:
More than 160 people were killed between 10 and 12 June in Ituri in new violence, according to the new governor of Ituri province, Jean Bamanisa Saïdi. The Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) talks about 300,000 displaced people already.
A World Food Program (WFP) convoy of five trucks carrying 126 tonnes of food was escorted by MONUSCO to Drodro for distribution to more than 77,000 people. Another 100 tons of food could have been transported previously to this locality.
"A multi-sectoral rapid assessment team, composed of the World Food Program, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, joined the escort for Drodro where they arrived. today too. This assessment aims to identify humanitarian needs and to have a better idea of the exact number of populations involved," reported the coordinator of the United Nations Communications Group, Mathias Gillmann, during the press conference on Wednesday MONUSCO to Kinshasa.
David McLachlan-Carr, the new Humanitarian Coordinator and Acting Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, also visited Djugu to assess the situation and meet people recently displaced by the violence. He went with the Chief of Police to Roe where MONUSCO established one of its temporary bases, held by the contingent of Bangladesh, as has just been mentioned by General Commins.
"In the immediate vicinity of this base, 18,000 people are currently gathered after fleeing the violence. The delegation exchanged with this population in search of protection, which is deprived of everything: no food, no shelter, no drinking water. The delegation also met with the head of the Bahema Nord community to assess the situation in this area," added Mathias Gillmann.
McLachlan-Karr stressed the need for the humanitarian community to act quickly "in the face of the extreme vulnerability of the displaced, particularly in terms of medical assistance, access to water and sanitation. But if humanitarian assistance is crucial, the priority remains to ensure the safety of civilian populations, and to allow their return to their villages of origin, as desired by the displaced."
