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The World Food Programme provided emergency food rations to about 81,000 displaced people in and near the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after fighting in the region prompted residents to flee. (..) A ?precarious security situation? may make it difficult to reach people needing aid beyond Goma, according to the WFP.
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