{"id":78359,"date":"2021-11-30T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/dr-congo\/humanitarian-coordinator-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-condemns-attacks-on-displaced-people-in-ituri\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T07:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:30:18","slug":"humanitarian-coordinator-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-condemns-attacks-on-displaced-people-in-ituri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/dr-congo\/humanitarian-coordinator-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-condemns-attacks-on-displaced-people-in-ituri\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemns attacks on displaced people in Ituri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/db580da7ae9c663.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/db580da7ae9c663\" rel=\"noopener\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David McLachlan-Karr, today expressed his outrage following a new attack by an armed group on a site hosting internally displaced people in Hivo, near to the Drodro site in Ituri province. Several people, including women and children, were killed and others injured in a violent incursion in the early morning of Sunday 28 November 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am shocked, outraged and deeply saddened by these repeated attacks on civilians who are forced to leave their homes to seek safety from the violence. It is imperative to protect these populations. I reiterate that these women, men and children must be allowed to live in peace,&#8221; said McLachlan-Karr.<\/p>\n<p>Ituri Province is currently hosting 1.7 million displaced people. This is the fourth attack on IDPs since 19 November in the province.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These attacks are violations of international humanitarian law and the 2009 Kampala Convention on IDPs. They must stop immediately. I don\u2019t want to count anymore the number of attacks that these vulnerable people are already enduring. Humanitarian aid will be deployed rapidly to assist them\u201d, added McLachlan-Karr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on the Congolese authorities, both at the central and provincial level, to take urgent measures to protect the civilians, including those displaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/humanitarian-coordinator-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-condemns-attacks-on-displaced-people-in-ituri?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Central Africa <a title=\"Democratic Republic of Congo\" href=\"http:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/central-africa\/dr-congo\/\">Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David McLachlan-Karr, today expressed his outrage following a new attack by an armed group on a site hosting internally displaced people in Hivo, near to the Drodro site in Ituri province. 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