WFP
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is, alongside Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria, among the World Food Programme's biggest emergencies - reeling from decades of conflict and climate change that continue to reduce people's access to the most basic foods, increasing hunger to unprecedented levels.
As WFP grapples with a global funding crisis and growing humanitarian needs, the horrific stories - not least of sexual violence - unfurling in the east of DRC beg a simple question: how is it that tragedy on such a scale receives so little attention?
We call it 'extreme prioritization' - providing full rations for six months to a lower number of people
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