Aid groups are warning tens of thousands of people in the Congo province of Katanga are at risk from fighting between armed groups. More than 300,000 displaced people have been left in limbo by clashes that have destroyed scores of villages. Beatrice Oechsli of the International Committee of the Red Cross said the villagers need aid to reconstruct their lives. “Now the people are coming back and they need help to reconstruct their lives, to reconstruct huts to be able to start again their lives here back in the villages.”
Aid Groups Warn of Crisis in Congo Province
HeadlineMay 18, 2006