The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has launched an SOS following the gravity of the situation in Ituri. In a press release issued June 27, 2019, he seeks the support and intervention of the international community to not only provide assistance but especially prevent a likely humanitarian crisis in this part of the country.

Indeed, only 21 percent of the US $ 1.65 billion requested for humanitarian needs in DR Congo was received by 25 June 2019, according to UNOCHA.

While this month of June 2019, at least 300,000 people have been displaced in Ituri alone since June, according to UNHCR. According to the same source, as of May 31, 2019, there were 693,054 Ugandan refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda.

About 160 people were reportedly killed in recent clashes in Ituri province. In addition, according to the DRC Ministry of Health, since the beginning of the current Ebola outbreak, the only province of Ituri has registered 213 confirmed cases of Ebola out of the 2,153 confirmed cases in DR Congo .

This justifies this call to the international community to turn its statements of deep concern into urgent action to help as many displaced people as possible and ease their suffering.

According to Maureen Philippon, new IDPs, lack of funds, the near or total lack of humanitarian access due to insecurity and the spread of a deadly virus, are pushing the world a bit more every day. DR Congo on the verge of disaster.

« While the international community seems not at all concerned, a new humanitarian catastrophe is under way. Immediate attention is more than necessary, « she said.

It adds, « The appalling consequences of the violence in the DRC are recorded every day on the ground. It is frustrating to realize that the humanitarian crisis and forced displacement in DRC continue to be treated as a non-event by the rest of the world. « 

This last emergency situation is likely to deplete already limited humanitarian resources.

Nadine FULA