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"Deplorable" conditions reported in Kisangani

    NAIROBI
    In Province Orientale, half of the population of Kisangani city was in need of humanitarian assistance and the condition of people was "simply deplorable", ACT stated. Adult malnutrition was running at 30 percent, and child malnutrition at 60 percent, while insecurity and the non-availability of seeds meant poor harvest prospects for the coming season, it added. The agency also reported acute need in the second city of Bunia, where half the 300,000 population needed medical assistance, and in Isiro, where malnutrition rates were reported to be high.

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