Overview
- The World Food Programme cautioned that operations in eastern DRC could pause by February or March unless donors close the funding gap.
- WFP has cut monthly assistance from roughly 1 million people to 600,000 and says it may have to reduce further to 300,000 without fresh support.
- An estimated 3–3.2 million people face emergency levels of hunger, with more than 10 million in crisis or worse across the eastern provinces.
- Conflict has expanded M23 control, including Goma and Bukavu, and long-closed airports and insecurity have constrained humanitarian access.
- Repeated bank shutdowns since February have disrupted cash transfers, rains are worsening road conditions, and WFP is appealing urgently for contributions.