Information update on Democratic Republic of Congo security incident
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ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has the following updates on the facts surrounding the tragic security incident in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 22 February:
The security incident involved a group of seven people travelling in two World Food Programme (WFP) vehicles on the road from Goma to Rutshuru in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo where they were planning to visit a WFP school feeding programme.
The group comprised five employees of the World Food Programme who were accompanying the Italian Ambassador to DRC and his security escort.
WFP South Sudan Situation Report #282, 15 January 2021
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1.9 million acutely malnourished women and children (IPC)
1.35 million people assisted by WFP in November 2020
1.47 million internally displaced people (OCHA)
2.2 million South Sudanese refugees (UNHCR)
Highlights
• WFP reached more than 5.2 million people in South Sudan with food and nutrition assistance across emergency, nutrition and livelihoods programmes in 2020.
• WFP disbursed more than USD 50 million in cash based transfers, boosting the local economy and supporting people to purchase their preferred foods.
• WFP continued to support local farmers purchasing 13,000 tons of food grown in South Sudan at a value of USD 4.4 million.
• A total of 640 kilometres of road were made passable thanks to the work carried out by WFP and partners.