{"id":55433,"date":"2019-12-19T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T01:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55433"},"modified":"2019-12-19T09:59:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T01:59:49","slug":"nearly-700000-displaced-by-east-dr-congo-violence-msf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55433","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 700,000 displaced by east DR Congo violence: MSF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nearly-700000-displaced-by-east-DR-Congo-violence-MSF.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nearly-700000-displaced-by-east-DR-Congo-violence-MSF.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GOMA (DR Congo), Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced by violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, pointing to \u201cworrying\u201d cases of<br>malnutrition and sexual violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release, it said more than 687,500 displaced people were now<br>living in camps or with host families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between January and September, MSF treated at least 11,220 children<br>suffering from malnutrition, 2,310 victims of sexual violence and 1,980<br>wounded, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency highlighted the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale in<br>the southern part of North Kivu province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have treated twice as many victims of sexual violence as last year,\u201d<br>Ewald Stals, MSF\u2019s health coordinator in Masisi, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North Kivu province, which borders Rwanda and Uganda, is one of the most<br>dangerous zones in Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Militia groups have controlled much of the province since the Congo Wars<br>of the 1990s, killing civilians and fighting over resources. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOMA (DR Congo), Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced by violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, pointing to \u201cworrying\u201d cases ofmalnutrition and sexual violence. In a press release, it said more than 687,500 displaced people were nowliving in camps or with host families. Between January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":55446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,291],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55433"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}