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In Numbers
6,629 mt of food distributed
USD 1.2 million distributed in cash-based transfers
USD 366.8 million required for the next six months (April to September 2025)
598,000 people assisted in February 2025
Situation Update
• In March, the situation in eastern DRC remained highly volatile, as the M23 rebel group consolidated its control over occupied territories in North and South Kivu and advanced west- and southwards.
• Ongoing conflict, displacement and high food prices have led to a steep increase in acute food insecurity in the Eastern Provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tanganyika. According to the latest Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Update, the number of acutely food insecure people in DRC increased from 25.5 million in September 2024 to 28 million in March 2025-the highest number ever recorded in DRC. Out of the total 28 million, 10.3 million reside in the Eastern Provinces. 2.3 million among them face emergencylevel food insecurity (IPC4). North Kivu and Tanganyika host the highest share of acutely food insecure people (45% each), while South Kivu and North Kivu saw the strongest deterioration due to ongoing fighting.
Operational Updates
• General food assistance: In February, WFP distributed in-kind and cash assistance to 330,000 people including internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, host communities and refugees living in DRC. Emergency response remained at limited scale due to access constraints in the Eastern Provinces amid ongoing conflict.
• Nutrition: Treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition interventions reached 100,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls. Another 51,000 children benefitted from stunting prevention.
• School feeding: Some 108,000 schoolchildren in four provinces benefitted from WFP-supported school feeding programs. To support the Government with developing a national school feeding strategy, WFP held provincial-level consultations.
• Asset creation and livelihoods building: Smallholder farmer support and asset creation activities involved some 9,000 people in three provinces with the aim to strengthen community resilience and improve market access for smallholders. In March, FAO, UNHCR and WFP launched their Joint Strategy for Strengthening Refugees and Host Communities Livelihoods and Resilience in the DRC.