UN says DR Congo needs $2.25bn for war victims in the east
Internally displaced people from Kibumba area near the North Kivu city of Goma fleeing from clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels. PHOTO | ARLETTE BASHIZI | AFP
The United Nations will need to mobilise a record $2.25 billion this year to address the mass displacement of people in east Democratic Republic of Congo following a major offensive by M23 rebels last year, the UN coordinator for the country Bruno Lemarquis said on Wednesday.
