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350,000 Victims of DR Congo Volcano Eruption Need Urgent Aid - UN

Aid agencies say 350,000 people affected by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in need of urgent assistance. Mount Nyiragongo erupted on May 22, spewing lava into nearby villages. More than 30 people were killed.

The International Organization for Migration reports the eruption has displaced more than 415,000 people, nearly half of them minors. Most have travelled to towns in the eastern DRC, while roughly 52,000 have crossed the border into Rwanda. Aid agencies warn that people in Goma are at increased risk of cholera, which is endemic in the region and easily spread in areas with poor hygiene and sanitation and insufficient clean water

Theophane Patinvoh / UNFPA DRC

Nord Kivu Govenor Lieutenant-General Constant Ndima, left, UNFPA Head of Eastern DRC Office, Kenneth Ehouzou, right, and humanitarian actors during a distribution of relief supplies for displaced people in Sake.

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