Dr. Congo emergency: 24 hours is very important, the UN agencies warn

The corpse lying on the street, the hospitals were overwhelmed and had an increase in reports on sexual violence, raping and robbery.

ScopeThe roads are blocked, the ports are closed and those who cross Kivu lake are at risk of their lives on temporary boats.Said Shelley Thakral, spokesman of the UN World Food Program (WFP) – One of many UN agencies on the ground strives to provide support and protection whenever possible. I talked only a while ago with a activist in Goma and he told me, ‘We are here, we are hiding. We don’t know who will come to help us. ‘”

United Nations Aid Coordination Office, OchaRepeated the deep concerns of the humanitarian community on spiral violence across the area rich in resources that have spit 300,000 people from the camps around Goma for a few days.

Targeted aid

Ocha spokesman said our colleagues in the DRC reported a small, small mortar report across the city and the presence of many corpses on the street. ScopeWe have reports on rape cases made by fighters, property looting, including a humanitarian warehouse and health and humanitarian facilities attacked.. “

The emergency situation has caused the Hospitals in Goma to be filled with injuries, electricity and water provided. Internet service is cut off On Monday. This morning, Goma Goma was still offline, Mr. Laerke told journalists in Geneva.

The development between emergency calls from the international community includes Security Council In New York, where ambassadors on Monday requested to suspend immediately the M23 rebel attack and called on the group to withdraw from the territories it had occupied.

The ambassadors repeat their support to the United Nations peacekeeping force at Dr. Congo, Monuscoand honored blue helmets, who have lost their lives from South Africa, Malawi and Uruguay in recent days.

The Council also condemned the presence of outside forces of Muslims in the East DRC – in the context of the Rwandan military reports participated in the attack – and calling for all parties to Tuan The command of ceasefire and returning to diplomatic negotiations.

Many years of crisis

Before the latest escalation in violence in the eastern Kivus of DRC, About 5.1 million people have been replaced by unsafe years in mineral -rich areas And forced to live in too crowded farms with little food and unsafe.

The United Nations agencies and partners continued to monitor unstable situations that forced WFP to temporarily suspend food support activities in Goma. ScopeThe airport and the main roads in the area have been cut offDepending on the time of violence, supplying food into the city may be seriously hindered, WFP’s Thakral said.

This is a big test for Congo trapped by fighting in Goma and surrounding areasThe next 24 hours will be very important because people start running low And will need to see what they can find to exist.

Fear

The high mobile nature of the emergency has further concerned that current diseases can spread quickly among the population, although prevention measures have been taken before the new escalation. Most, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) speak.

Currently, the immediate concern is to help the victims of violence.

Currently, hundreds of people in the hospital, mostly recognized for guns and shapes, with secondary infections become a health risk.

She noted that before the Goma airport was closed on Saturday, he sent important medical supplies for injuries and emergency care, infection prevention, cholera and more.

The reaction of the United Nations agency for the crisis also includes the supply of tents to hospitals to deal with the increasing number of injured. It has medical centers in North and South Kivu, in Goma and Bukavu cities to support health care needs in the East DRC.

Last year, the provinces of North and South Kivu reported a large number of cholera, measles and malaria and death, Dr. Marschang said that warning about the risk of enhancing the spread of cholera into countries in countries neighbors and provinces.

The area is also the focus of a new outbreak of a new mpox strain, declaring an emergency situation of public health about international concerns in August 2024. Dr. Marschang warns that lane The new moving wave will make it difficult to monitor and treat the disease.

In the midst of deadly violence, hospitals and medical staff are in danger, officially of WHO said that with reports of shot medical staff and patients including newborns arrested. In Crossfire.

Health care attacks violate war rules. Health care must be protected at all times, she emphasized.

Sexual violence warning

AI and other United Nations agencies and partners say they are particularly worried about increasing risks for women and girls. From violence, including rape.

Pregnant women are at risk, with a very high mortality rate in the mother, even before the escalating violence, he said.

“Sadly, Hospitals and medical staff are in danger. We are listening to reports on shot medical staff and patients, including babies, arrested in battle. He reminds everyone to attack health to violate war rules. Health care must be protected at all times.

Repeating these concerns, WFP’s Thakral reported that mobile groups and mobile clinics were working in the context of reports that women were raped many times while searching for firewood or after leaving. from the circumference of the camp.

Other reports show the increase of rape along the roads that some conflicting partners are currently participating in Nam Kivu, she said, emphasizing the efforts of the agency, to have some solutions to Monitor the population when they move.