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152,000 accessible IDPs in North Kivu

    NAIROBI

    A recent registration exercise in North Kivu showed that there were an estimated 152,000 internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in accessible areas of the province, the weekly WFP emergency report said. The total number of IDPs in North Kivu, including those in inaccessible areas, was estimated at 200,000. Only 31 percent of WFP’s target population in the area, including the malnourished and vulnerable people, was currently being assisted, it added.

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