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Global Food Crisis: Gaza Aid Urgent as Congo Faces Conflict

10/9/2025

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The World Food Programme (WFP) calls for Gaza food aid to address a blockade-driven crisis.
In eastern Congo, over 200 health facilities face medicine shortages amid conflict, per the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which notes 80% of North and South Kivu facilities lack humanitarian support.
Fighting in Congo, including Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, has caused casualties and displacement.

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The World Food Programme (WFP) calls for Gaza food aid to address a blockade-driven crisis.
In eastern Congo, over 200 health facilities face medicine shortages amid conflict, per the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which notes 80% of North and South Kivu facilities lack humanitarian support.
Fighting in Congo, including Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, has caused casualties and displacement.