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“The EU stands ready to mobilise all the necessary means to
support humanitarian workers, including logistics and air, to
meet the needs of the population in Democratic Republic of
Congo," European Commissioner Janez Lenarcic said.
"With this Humanitarian Air Bridge operation organised with the
support of France and the new fund mobilisation, we reaffirm our
support to the most vulnerable,” Lenarcic, the commissioner for
crisis management, said in a statement.
The flight will head to Goma, the capital of North Kivu, and
deliver aid including medical and nutritional supplies, the
statement said.
The funds will "be channelled through humanitarian partners to
cover immediate needs such as nutrition, healthcare, water and
sanitation, shelter and protection", the EU said.
Insecurity has spiralled in the long volatile east of the
sprawling central African country over the past year, mainly due
to the major comeback of a rebel group known as the M23.
Their latest offensives have added instability to large
mineral-rich provinces struggling with decades of militia
violence.
($1 = 0.9406 euros)
(Reporting by Andrew Gray; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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