Dr. Congo’s Goma’s Food Prices Skyrocket after receiving M23 Humanitarian crisis news

The cost of some necessary nutrients, according to local and NGOs, increased twice in Goma, the main city of the Congo Democratic Republic (DRC), which was detained by M23 rebels last week.

As a result of the floor expenses and the displacement crisis, major nutrition can be a large number of food shortages and hundreds of thousands of people in the city, for hundreds of thousands of people in the city, can be pushed from heavy hungry.

Collecting information from the three Goma market – Virunga, Lenine and Kituku – the organization’s employees reported price increases in some nutrients, including 18 to 160 percent, beans and oil on January 31

On January 26, March 23 (M23), the fighters supported by Rwanda (M23), declared him in control. There are sporadic battles between the rebels and the Congolese forces, water and internet services were cut and the workplaces were cut off during the cuts of electricity, water and internet services.

Much more a week laterFood products in the city, GOME’s local residents are told Al Jazeera. However, since the seizure, they confirmed that the price of several articles increases or even three times.

“I ask the new authorities to stabilize the situation here,” Julienne Anifa, the mother of seven shopping in Alan’s market in Al Jazeera. “We are receiving a high price. This affects us in this war economically. “

Anonymously, the public volunteer said, “Everything was expensive.

“During the battle … The things you can buy for $ 2 suddenly, because it was not included in the food. Now prices fell a little, but they are still very high.”

ACTIONAID warned that the cost of flight expenses, the families force families forced to give hundreds of thousands of bait.

“We do not have income – people are not able to work for the conflict, so it is difficult to earn money. Everyone was broken,” said ActionAid community volunteers.

“Families living $ 5 a day now survived $ 2. If you eat three times a day, you can eat only once.”

‘Help efforts are tied’

More than 90 percent of Goma’s food supply comes from the surrounding areas, ActionAid, but violence has cut the entrance to the road, caused a shortage and price increase.

According to NGOs, the deepening hunger crisis may have a “catastrophic effects for women and girls” and put them more in the risk of exploitation and operation.

Before the last escalation, 25.5 million people in a quarter of a quarter of a quarter were 25.5 million people were at the level of “crisis” and “emergency” and “emergency” and “emergency” and “emergency” food safety.

During the next five months, 4.5 million children under the age of 3.7 million were pregnant and breastfeeding women – World Food Program (WFP) can face sharp nutrition.

WFP warned of “hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern camps in the eastern camps.

Camps hosting IDP people in Goma have been trusted in humanitarian aid before the escalation of January 26. However, the battles stopped the important work of help agencies without supporting tens of thousands without support.

“We need to get an ambulance and help fast. But now the efforts of help are blocked,” said Yakubu Muhammad Saani, Actionaidin DRC Country Director. “We call on all parties to the conflict to allow humanitarian organizations to access safe, unobstructed.”

Monday late M23 announced the ceasefire To say that the rebels continue to move between “humanitarian reasons” and Eastern DRC.