Democratic Republic of Congo - Complex Emergency
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Regional Team: ECA
Disaster Declared: 9/29/2006
Brief Description: Since 1998, armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed an
estimated 4 million lives due to fighting, disease, and malnutrition. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the conflict has displaced 3.3 million residents, of which approximately 2.1 million have
returned from displacement and are attempting to restore their homes and livelihoods. Ongoing insecurity in eastern DRC,
due to the presence of national and foreign armed groups, continues to destabilize the region and hinder the provision of
humanitarian assistance to populations in need. In January 2006, OCHA estimated that 80 percent of the population lived in
absolute poverty and 71 percent suffered from insecurity as a result of the conflict and ongoing instability.
On September 29, 2006, U.S. Ambassador Roger A. Meece redeclared a disaster in response to the ongoing humanitarian
emergency in the DRC. Since 1998, OFDA has provided more than $177 million in vital emergency assistance to vulnerable
populations in the DRC, including emergency supplies, health care, nutrition programs, water and sanitation improvements, and
food security and agriculture activities.
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