United Nations, June 6 (IANS) Increased deadly attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this week isolate communities and threaten the Ebola response, UN humanitarians have warned.The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday (local time) said the intensifying violence is claiming civilian lives and severely restricting humanitarian access in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.OCHA said that in North Kivu, local authorities reported an armed attac…
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United Nations, May 16 (IANS) UN relief agencies have called for an urgent scale-up of life-saving assistance to stave off a rapidly intensifying, critical food insecurity emergency in Somalia. The Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme issued the plea, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday (local time).Haq said that, according to the…