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ECHO to begin weekly Nairobi-Goma flights

    NAIROBI

    The European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office, ECHO, has announced it would begin weekly flights on Friday between that Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

    ECHO will operate a nine-seater King Air Beechcraft 200 that has a maximum payload of 810 kg from Nairobi, its flight operational base in the region. ECHO has maintained similar links to crisis zones in southern Sudan and the Horn of Africa for years.

    ECHO said the new air service would significantly boost its efforts and those of its partners to deliver essential humanitarian aid to the vulnerable population of the region. Goma lies on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, close to the border with Rwanda. The town is the hub for aid operations in eastern DRC, serving large numbers of displaced people.

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