Millions Of People In Conflict-Hit DRC’s Kasai Region Face Starvation, WFP Executive Director Warns

BBC News: DR Congo’s Kasai conflict: ‘Millions face starvation without aid’
“The head of the U.N. food agency has appealed for aid to avert a humanitarian crisis in the conflict-wracked DR Congo province of Kasai. David Beasley told the BBC that more than three million people were now at risk of starvation. He warned that hundreds of thousands of children could die in the coming months if aid was not delivered…” (10/29).

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