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UN: Millions of people face acute hunger in DRC



One in 10 people living in rural areas suffers from acute hunger (Photo: Getty Images for WWF-Canon)

UN food agencies say number of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance surged by 30 percent in a year in DRC.

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