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Human suffering grows as conflicts intensify

    NAIROBI

    The last three months have seen the humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes region grow significantly worse, with best estimates showing a 19 percent increased in "affected populations" requiring assistance, while those populations have also become more vulnerable. The increase in affected populations - from 3,300,419 in May to 3,932,421 as of 19 August - was mostly attributable to "continued instability in the region arising from the intensification military activities on various front", a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, received by IRIN, stated.

    Urgent measures needed to be taken to alleviate the suffering of affected populations - varying from emergency assistance in DRC, Republic of Congo, parts of Uganda and Tanzanian refugee camps, to shelter and reintegration efforts in Rwanda and Burundi - but the donor response to the various consolidated appeals remained poor, the report said.

    For more detail, see separate report of 30 August headlined: "Great Lakes: Humanitarian situation worsens significantly"

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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