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She also said that the prevailing security environment continues to alarmingly exacerbate the humanitarian situation, further intensified by ever-growing climate change challenges.
UN Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita reported that political tensions in the country are around calls to revise the Constitution and escalating insecurity in North Kivu and Ituri. She also said that the escalating tensions are mainly due to the activities of militant outfits like ADF, M23, CODECO, and Zaïre.
Addressing the Security Council recently Keita said that the M23, a non-signatory of the ceasefire agreement, has consolidated its civilian and military occupation in North Kivu. Now, she revealed that it controls vast areas in the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru, Walikale, Nyiragongo, and Lubero, a space twice as large as what it occupied in 2012. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) remain the deadliest armed group, with hundreds of civilians killed in recent months, she added.
She also said that the prevailing security environment continues to alarmingly exacerbate the humanitarian situation, further intensified by ever-growing climate change challenges. According to OCHA, almost 6.4 million people are currently displaced due to armed conflicts and natural hazards. Multiple epidemics have also aggravated the humanitarian situation.
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