Congo-Kinshasa: Extra Humanitarian Assistance Highly Needed in Southern North Kivu Crisis

[MSF] Kinshasa -16 December 2019 -- For years, the territories of Masisi, Walikale and Rutshuru, in the southern part of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, have been plagued with armed violence and banditry. In the past months, these armed clashes have intensified, further aggravating the dire humanitarian situation, leading to significant numbers of displaced people and worrying signs of malnutrition, sexual violence and gunshot wounds among them.