The United Nations warns of the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

At a press conference in Geneva, UNHCR spokeswoman Eugene Pion said that people in the east of the country flee to areas “that humanitarian aid cannot reach due to insecurity.”

This development comes a day after the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the country warned Bruno Lomarky that the lack of humanitarian roads threatens the aid process in the region.

Ms. Pion said that more than half of the relief organizations in the southern Kivu region, which provides decisive support to victims of sexual violence “It is useful that she is unable to reach the needy due to the insecurity and constant displacement,” She stressed that “The destruction of health facilities, including the candidates, and overcrowded hospitals increases the risk of spreading infectious diseases, including cholera, malaria and measles.”

The UNHCR spokeswoman highlighted the “violent artillery and looting” that destroyed 70,000 emergency shelters around Goma and Menova in the northern and southern Kivu region, which left about 350 thousand internal displaced people “Once again without roofs above their heads.”

Ms. Pion said that while about 100,000 displaced people tried to return to their original areas, where they were damaged in their homes and a lack of basic services, many of them are still stuck. She said that the remaining irreversible munitions of the fighting constituted another obstacle to their safe return, and the lady warned the possibility of the return of the returnees again.

The UNHCR spokeswoman said that most of the 28 sites of the displaced sites around Ghauma have now been destroyed, confirming the anxiety of the UN agency regarding the arrival of aid after the road was cut from Goma, the capital of North Kivu, to Bukavo, the capital of southern Kivu.

Ms. Pion also indicated that the airport is in Goma “He is still not working for humanitarian aid,” س In order: “Since the spread of violence to southern Kivu, this supply line is the source of our greatest concern.”

As the rebels advanced towards Bukavo, Mr. Lumarques from the United Nations on Thursday expressed concern about the fate of the main airport in southern Kivu, about 20 miles from the city, which was until recently The main life artery “ To enter the humanitarian workers.

Dangerous monkeys

For his part, a spokesman for the World Health Organization, Christian Lindamir, highlighted the great influence of hostilities on the response to the monkeys, “Especially in Goma and the neighboring region” With the widespread fighting south.

He stressed that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is “The most affected country” With this disease, as Kivu is a very infected 1B breed outbreak.

In view of the rapid spread of the 1B dynasty, the World Health Organization moved in August last year to declare a monkey infection “A general health emergency raises international concern” For the second time after the virus spread in 2022.

Earlier this month, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Guerberesus, said that before the recent violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the cases of migrants were stable, but the last fighting forced patients to flee the treatment centers, which increased the risk of infection. .

Mr. Lindamayer said “Of the 143 patients, they were confirmed that they were infected with the monkey in the insulation units in and around the units of the isolation, 128 of them fled for fear of their lives,” Stressing that only 15 patients are still in isolation. He said this “Of course, it is dangerous for everyone in the region.”

Mr. Lindamayer added that some health facilities in the area were looted, health workers provided, and people were unable to reach health care because of the security situation.