Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - 200,000 People Flee Attacks On Villages and Health Care Centers in Ituri Province

Nearly 200,000 people fled their homes in the last two months as violence escalated in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

MSF calls on national and international organizations to increase their assistance to the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the region who are sheltering in unsanitary and overcrowded conditions where minimum humanitarian standards are not being met. MSF teams are trying to address people's most urgent needs, but more aid is needed, including basic healthcare and essential supplies such as plastic sheeting, jerry cans, soap, and sleeping mats.

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