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“Desolation and displacement”, UN says

    NAIROBI

    Decades of misrule followed by successive waves of fighting has resulted in an acute humanitarian situation in the DRC, according to the DRC UN Humanitarian Coordinator Darioush Bayandor. He told a press briefing in New York on Thursday there were over 800,000 displaced people and 150,000 refugees who had gone to other countries. In addition, the country was hosting some 200,000 foreign refugees. The situation was characterised by “desolation and displacement”, and humanitarian activities were restricted by funding constraints, he said.

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