US EditionUN: Over 80,000 Flee DR Congo to Burundi in December Thus Far
An estimated 500,000 people have fled South Kivu since early December, with aid agencies warning of urgent funding needs and risks of disease outbreaks in crowded camps.
- More than 88,000 people have fled to Burundi this month, UN Refugee Agency said, living in overcrowded camps with limited access to food, water and sanitation.
- Earlier this month, the M23 rebel group captured Uvira, extending gains after seizing Goma and Bukavu, and pushing violence closer to the Burundi border, triggering cross-border flight.
- The World Food Programme says it is increasing life‑saving aid to over 210,000 people and supporting 71,000 new arrivals with hot meals, while M�decins Sans Fronti�res treats 200 patients daily and provides 25,000 litres of water and a 50‑bed cholera treatment centre.
- Health agencies warn of outbreaks and rising malaria positivity in crowded camps, and Zakari Moluh, MSF project co‑ordinator, said, `We see people in a state of distress, despair and exhaustion...` with 14 cholera and one suspected measles case at Ndava site.
- The US brokered a pact between Congo and Rwanda earlier this month, though M23 did not sign, and rebel assertions of withdrawal from Uvira last week are disputed by Congolese authorities.
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