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    KINSHASA

    Sanitation throughout the city is of mounting concern, particularly in the IDP sites. The provision of power throughout the town is sporadic at best and the delivery of water to IDP sites precluded by the intensified fighting. Cholera has been identified in the sites. According to one humanitarian worker, these sites are some of the worst he has ever seen.

    An operation for the delivery of essential supplies is currently being mounted from Kinshasa. UNHCR is providing plastic sheeting, UNICEF is providing cholera kits and jerry cans. UNDP is paying for the transport. WFP’s airlift of 1,000 mt from Pointe-Noire to Brazzaville (some going by barge to Kinshasa) is ongoing.

    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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