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- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) condemned the ” worsening situation ” in Benin, North Kivu, a province in the east of the DRC
- This part of Benin is plagued by attacks by armed groups
- Recently, 27 civilians were killed in this area.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) condemned the ” worsening situation “ in Benin, North Kivu, a province in the east of the DRC. This part of Benin is plagued by attacks by armed groups.
North Kivu and the neighbouring province of Ituri have been under a state of siege since the beginning of May in an attempt to put an end to violence that has lasted for more than 25 years.
Recently, 27 civilians were killed in this area. The majority of whom died in Mamove, west of Oicha, where 37 other civilians had already been killed in July 2021, creating major population displacements. More than 710,000 people have been displaced in Beni territory. The UN estimates that there are over 1.8 million displaced people in North Kivu.
