U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 29, 2010.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

- On July 2, a tanker truck transporting fuel overturned in the town of Sange, South Kivu Province. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the incident had killed at least 240 people and injured approximately 196 others as of July 9. In response, USAID/OFDA provided $50,000 to Catholic Relief

Faits saillants

- Relocalisation des victimes de la coulée de boue survenur à Kibiriga, en Territoire de Nyiragongo

- La mort d'un casque bleu le 23 mai réduit l'accès humanitaire sur l'axe Kiwandja-Rwindi

- Le Grand Nord sujet à une recrudescence de vols et d'extorsions perpétrés par des hommes armés