Action Against Hunger announces its departure from the Drodro health zone in Ituri for security reasons. “ ACF has been threatened by all parties to the conflict », Writes the organization in a press release published Thursday. After Doctors Without Borders, a new important humanitarian actor is suspending its activities in Drodro in a few weeks.
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As with Doctors Without Borders, Action Against Hunger hopes that this suspension will be as short as possible. But faced with the security threat, the two organizations had no choice. Humanitarians are now being targeted, as evidenced by the attack on March 6 on the Drodro reference hospital, in Ituri, in the north-east of the DRC.
Very important needs
However, the needs remain very significant in this area. The Rhoo displaced persons camp, located a few kilometers from the town, welcomes new displaced people every day following the violence. In Ituri, it is estimated that more than 1.5 million people have had to leave their homes in the face of the security crisis. Populations particularly exposed to food insecurity and therefore malnutrition.
Several armed groups
Currently, several armed groups are active in Ituri. We find notably the ADF, whose attacks are mainly located in the south of the province, bordering North Kivu. And Codecowhich acts further to the northeast, in the territories of Mahagi and Djugu, of which the Drodro health zone is part.
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