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About 400,000 internally-displaced people (IDPs) in the ROC have returned to their communities as of mid-February, leaving another 410,000 people still displaced in the country, an OCHA report said. The report, received by IRIN on Tuesday, said that this year was off to an "encouraging start" in the Congo, with a ceasefire agreement reached between warring parties, the demobilisation of militia, and improved access for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The 810,000 people, or 30 percent of the country's total population, were displaced by conflict since late 1998, and most had remained unassisted last year due to lack of secure access. Tens of thousands had died of malnutrition and disease, the report stated.
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