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Displaced women sort beans in front of their shelter in Mugunga III camp, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UNHCR/F.Noy

DR Congo: UN agency concerned with security, peacekeepers report volatility

4 December 2012
Amid reports of volatility in the area, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is concerned about the security of displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after an attack on a camp outside of the provincial city of Goma over the weekend.
A MONUSCO commander, Gen. Geofroy Muheesi, and an M23 officer during the handover of the Central Bank's premises in Goma.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

Humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo remains ‘extremely worrying’ – UN official

3 December 2012
The humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains “extremely worrying,” a United Nations official said today, with at least 130,000 displaced persons in and around the city of Goma who fled the fighting in the area over the past two weeks and are in urgent need of basic services.