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In the face of this critical situation, the population has to walk for kilometers in the quest for water. Some even go as far as Lake Kivu, risking being exposed to contaminated water there. REGIDESO, the public drinking water provider in the DRC, justified the shortage with a lack of investment.
In the Goma region, the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo, drinking water scarcity is a major problem. The taps are empty and the queues at waterholes are getting longer and longer.
The situation, which has been going on for several days already, is making things difficult for the population of Goma, which numbers around 2 million people.
In the face of this critical situation, the population has to walk for kilometers in the quest for water. Some even go as far as Lake Kivu, risking being exposed to contaminated water there. REGIDESO, the public drinking water provider in the DRC, justified the shortage with a lack of investment.
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The authorities have promised to do everything they can to resolve the problem, but the water crisis in Goma has exacerbated tensions in the overcrowded and fragile city. The crisis coincides with a city under pressure from displaced persons fleeing the intensifying combat between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel groups in the Rutshuru, Masisi, and Lubero regions.
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