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Reduction in humanitarian access

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile, access to war-affected and other vulnerable populations in the country significantly diminished on both sides of the frontline in January, greatly impacting the relief community's capacity to help the needy, the OCHA report said. The reduced access was due to heightened insecurity in eastern DRC, and to a "bureaucratic" process for the granting of clearances in many government-held regions, it said. The large
    disparity between the official and actual exchange rates was also
    affecting humanitarian operations, contributing to the "shrinking of humanitarian space" in both eastern and western DRC, it added.

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