Over two million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at risk of starvation if they do not receive the aid they need, the UN has warned.
The comments come in advance of a meeting between Mark Lowcock, the UN humanitarian chief, and potential donors willing to commit aid money to help the country in its dire situation.
“We have a great responsibility in the DRC … Now is the time to stay the course,” Jens Laerke, UN spokesman, said during a briefing in Geneva.
According to Al Jazeera, Inter-ethnic violence and protests against President Joseph Kabila are the main reasons for the turmoil in the Central African country.
Last weekend at least 79 people were killed when fighting broke out between Hema herders and the Lendu farmers in the northern Ituri province.
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