Analysis by ActionAid staff in Goma has found that the cost of essentials like flour and oil has more than doubled as a ...
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Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeoverNGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160%, as conflict blocks aid and supplies.
The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.
According to Cynthia Jones, nearly 800,000 people in Goma are in need for food and the WFP resumes its operation in the east of the DRC, which was suspended after the M23 units attacked the city ...
The eastern DRC city of Goma was seized by M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies on 26 January. Residents have emerged to count the dead and make sense of the fast-moving offensive. Some small traces of ...
GOMA (January ... in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be protected, with Save the Children concerned for their safety amid the worst escalation of violence in the country in more ...
The call comes after M23 rebels have already seized Goma, the provincial ... “Millions of people were already displaced by years of conflict in eastern DRC, and humanitarian needs were massive.
Advertisement Goma, one of the DRC's largest cities with more than one million people, is an important trading and transportation hub that sits near the DRC-Rwandan border, off the shore of Lake Kivu.
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