FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/99 - CONGO, REP OF* (21 June)

CONGO, REP OF* (21 June)

Renewed fighting in mid-May between Government forces and Ninja militia resulted in fresh population displacements within Brazzaville. It is estimated that at least 10 000 people have been displaced from the Mukundu residential area near the airport to the north. Heightened insecurity has also displaced residents from the Mikalou and Talangai areas of Brazzaville. The displacement of people and disruption of marketing activities have seriously affected the food supply situation.

An estimated 60 000 of the 200 000 residents of southern Brazzaville's Bacongo and Makelekele districts displaced by conflict in December have returned from Pool region and northern Brazzaville since 1 May. The health and nutritional situation of IDPs is reported to be "serious". A new influx of refugees is now reported in DRC following renewed fighting in Congo.

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