26/04/2023 (Agence Europe) – In response to the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the east of the country, the EU is mobilising an additional €32.7 million in emergency aid for vulnerable populations, the European Commission announced on Wednesday 26 April. This humanitarian funding is in addition to the €45.7 million announced in March and the humanitarian airlifts to Goma (Nord-Kivu) (see EUROPE 13160/28). Additional aid will be channelled through humanitarian partner organisations on the ground to cover basic needs for nutrition, health care, water, sanitation, shelter and personal protection. The security crisis in eastern DRC has resulted in the forced displacement of 1.1 million people since March 2022, in a country that now has 6.2 million internally displaced persons. 500,000 people are trapped in and around Goma. (AN)