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Ituri situation “catastrophic”

    NAIROBI

    The humanitarian situation in the northeast district of Ituri, wracked by civil strife since June, has been described as catastrophic. An exploratory mission by OCHA last month found that over 7,000 people had been killed and over 100,000 people displaced. In a report received by IRIN on Wednesday, OCHA also said there were widespread epidemics of cholera, measles and the plague. Emergency humanitarian action was urgently needed to help thousands of people at risk, the report stressed. The conflict pits the Hema ethnic group against the Lendu people in a dispute over land in the Djugu area. An inter-agency follow-up mission is currently on the ground.

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