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Source: IRIN Since June 2009, when a Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) unit attacked his village, Gaston Mbali, 30, an agricultural trainer, has lived in a rudimentary camp for displaced people in Niangara, an isolated town in the Haut Uele District of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Orientale Province.

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The humanitarian situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains critical, characterized by internal displacement, returnees, human rights abuses and food insecurity. According to UN OCHA's 2010 humanitarian plan, more than 1.8 million people are still displaced in DRC, the majority of whom are in North Kivu, South Kivu and Oriental Provinces where ACT Alliance members will continue to respond. Human rights abuses are common and target especially women and children. According to UN OCHA 2010, one woman in South Kivu province is raped every two hours. Other common abuses include extortion, kidnapping, looting, recruitment of children by armed groups and anti-personnel mine explosions.

Source: IRIN Florence Karungi, 30, fled rebel violence near her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2006 and has lived with her three children at Kyaka II Refugee Camp ever since. When she became pregnant in 2009, she found out she was HIV-positive. Her husband abandoned her and the children upon learning of her status. She spoke to IRIN about her experience:

Source: IRIN Most fled the fighting with little more than the clothes on their backs. Now, insecurity and poor access are hampering efforts to address the most basic needs of more than 114,000 refugees in northern Republic of Congo.

Source: IRIN For the many thousands of people displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Kivu regions who have returned to their villages, home has its many hardships.

Date: 16 Dec 2008
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 With fighting raging on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and seemingly no end in sight for the 250,000 Congolese people forced from their homes because of the...

Date: 12 Dec 2008
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

We remain extremely concerned for the safety of the displaced Congolese population in Kibati as the civilian character of these two UNHCR-run camps north of Goma is continually violated. In another incident...

Date: 26 Nov 2008
Source: UN News Service

Date: 25 Nov 2008
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Date: 10 Nov 2008
Source: UN Children's Fund

Date: 08 Nov 2008
Source: UN Children's Fund

Source: Reuters GOMA, Congo, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Congolese Tutsi rebels and government troops exchanged mortar and small arms fire in a clash on Friday in east Congo, a few kilometres (miles) from a camp filled with ...

In a race against time, UNHCR and other agencies, including the World Food Programme, distribute or prepare to distribute urgent aid to tens of thousands of displaced Congolese in North Kivu.

International Save the Children Alliance Agency Issues US$8 Million Fundraising Appeal to Provide Immediate Aid Relief and Protection of Children WESTPORT, Conn.

Source: UNHCR UNHCR has confirmed that several sites it runs for internally displaced Congolese in North Kivu province have been destroyed and emptied of inhabitants.

Description of life in a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Yesterday afternoon I was at the camp with Diddy, checking on our Rangers and their families. The water situation is now under control, and we have not had another outbreak of cholera since Friday.

UNHCR has confirmed that several sites it runs for internally displaced Congolese in North Kivu province have been destroyed and emptied of inhabitants.

As we feared, three internal displacement sites run by UNHCR near the town of Rutshuru in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - Dumez, Nyongera and Kasasa - have been destroyed and emptied....