Humanitarian crisis in DR Congo deepens

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-11-2008 09:59

Thousands of people are fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of Kivu, as conflict renewed between government and rebel military forces.

Children watch as a Congolese man sews on December 6, 2008 at Mugunga camp for internally displaced people (IDP), in  Goma.(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)

The World Food Program estimates that only last week more than 10-thousand people were displaced. It has established an airlift from nearby Uganda to carry goods to those trapped inside Kivu.

At least 70-thousand people are believed to be in need of assistance.

The area is almost completely cut off by insecurity along the few existing roads, most of which are impassable as a result of heavy seasonal rains.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei