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Democratic Republic of Congo - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017

Pays
RD Congo
+ 2
Sources
USAID
Date de publication

HIGHLIGHTS

• Conflict-related displacement continues in central and eastern DRC

• USAID staff assess humanitarian situation in Tanganyika Province

• UN releases HRP calling for $748 million in 2017

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• Fighting among armed groups and intercommunal tensions continue to worsen humanitarian conditions and impede response operations in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In particular, violence in Kasaï, Kasaï-Central, and Kasaï-Oriental provinces and clashes between the Batwa and Luba ethnic groups in Tanganyika Province have exacerbated humanitarian needs and prompted new displacement.

• USAID/OFDA and USAID/FFP staff traveled with UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for DRC Dr. Mamadou Diallo to Tanganyika in mid-March to assess humanitarian needs and monitor ongoing response efforts. Following the assessment, the UN estimated that $40 million was required to cover humanitarian needs in the province.

• In February, the UN launched a three-year, $2.3 billion Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for DRC, requesting $748 million during 2017 to assist approximately 6.7 million people. International donors had provided nearly $30 million, or 4 percent of the requested amount, as of April 3.