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Anger in Uvira over lack of international help

    NAIROBI
    Local leaders and NGOs in Uvira, South Kivu, have expressed anger against the lack of response by the international community to the plight of thousands of displaced people in the area. The region is facing a prolonged drought and local aid workers are afraid there will not be enough food to last until the next harvest. The bulk of the humanitarian effort falls on CARITAS, but its director, Dr Miteyo Nyenge, told IRIN he feared aid from the organisation's international network will be channelled towards Kosovo, with little left for his region. [For full report, see IRIN English item 1152 of 2 July 1999, headlined "DRC: Population left alone to cope with effects of war".]

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