Published by 0| Filed under Short Brief
Provinces in the North and in the East are worst affected by conflict. There are currently 2.5 million displaced in the entire country, including 500,000 in the North Kivu province alone. Now the conflict is set to escalate once again. In an effort to prevent free elections in the Congo and secure its ongoing illegal extraction of natural resources, Rwanda is aggravating clashes among local militias. The green line has cut into the country since 2001. The populations living between these lines show the worst conditions for mortality and nutrition.
Prepared by: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Olivier Degomme, Vicente Terán Gómez
Date: February 22nd, 2005 (Brussels, Belgium).
Document | Download in PDF format (162 Kb.)