Cholera waylaying Congo refugees
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 13th, 2008 5:34 am by HL
Cholera waylaying Congo refugees
A cholera outbreak in a refugee camp has spread to eastern Congo’s provincial capital of Goma, as humanitarian groups called for more UN peacekeepers to protect civilians caught up in the fighting between government forces and rebel troops. Human Rights Watch said the UN security council should bolster the 17,000-strong UN force in Congo – the world’s biggest UN peacekeeping mission – by 3,000 soldiers and police.