This outbreak comes at a particularly dangerous moment: 26.5 million people across DRC are already facing acute food insecurity, with needs far outpacing the response.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced that new data from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis reveals the highest number ever recorded of acutely food insecure populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has rapidly mobilized additional assistance in Burundi to support the large influx of families fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which has placed a significant strain on Â鶹ÊÓƵ food assistance.
Concerns are mounting as violence escalates rapidly in and around Goma, the provincial capital of eastern DRC. In a city of one million plus people, food and water supplies are running low ¨C the next 24 hours are crucial. Several Â鶹ÊÓƵ warehouses have been looted; teams are taking stock of what we will need to locally procure and transfer by road to make sure we have provisions once we resume operations in the critically affected areas.
The most recent El Ni?o event is one of the five strongest on record and has led to significant alterations in weather patterns around the world exacerbating the impacts of the global climate crisis, resulting in more frequent and intense droughts, floods and tropical cyclones.
DRC¡¯s conflict-driven hunger crisis is worsening as violence in the eastern province¡¯s surges, forcing families to flee once again. More and more people are arriving at overcrowded camps where there is a lack of food, sanitation and shelter.
