GREAT LAKES: IRIN-CEA Update 1,047
DRC: Thousands displaced from Shabunda
Some 27,000 people, displaced by fighting in Shabunda, near Bukavu, have
descended on the town of Kalima and remain there without any humanitarian
assistance, according to a report by the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Kinshasa. It noted that only religious
workers are operating in the area which continues to serve as a
battleground between troops of the Rassemblement congolais pour la
democratie (RCD-Goma) and militias from the Mayi-Mayi and Interahamwe.
The World Food Programme in Bukavu has been forced to suspend its
interventions because of a lack of resources, OCHA noted. However, some
12,955 families have returned to villages around Kalonge where security
has been restored. Many of them had been hiding out in forests and their
state of health is "very critical" with numerous cases of malnutrition
reported, particularly among women and children.
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