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• Since 1996, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cursed by conflict, which  has devastated and destabilised the country and claimed the lives of an  estimated five million civilians
• • why food production cannot be increased while conflict remains
• The eastern regions - Ituri, Katanga , North and South Kivu and Maniema - are  still plagued by violence.
• Over half a million have been displaced since March 2007
• While the eastern provinces used to be the major food producers of the country,  repeated looting of crops by armed groups and general insecurity over many years  has hugely undermined production.
• WFP’s core project for the period July 2007 - December 2009 is a relief  operation which targets people caught up in the armed conflict.

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