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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA509, IDPS INSECURE AND HUNGRY IN NORTH AND CENTRAL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KINSHASA509 2006-03-30 16:13 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXYZ0011
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHKI #0509/01 0891613
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 301613Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3533
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 2056
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0407
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000509 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREF PGOV CG
SUBJECT: IDPS INSECURE AND HUNGRY IN NORTH AND CENTRAL 
KATANGA 
 
 
1.  Summary:  As part of UNHCR's Country Operations 2007 
planning session for donors, a field mission to Katanga 
province was conducted March 14-16.  This trip gave donors 
an opportunity to view firsthand the current state of 
affairs, infrastructure, political climate and security 
concerns.  The delegation met with returnees and 
internally displaced persons (IDPs) in remote areas of 
northern and central Katanga, UNHCR and other UN agencies 
in Lubumbashi and Kalemie and international NGO partners 
in Lubumbashi, Kalemie and Mitwaba.  The most important 
need voiced by all: security, security, and security.  End 
summary. 
 
Delegation and Mission 
---------------------- 
 
2.  The delegation was led by UNHCR Representative Eusebe 
Hounsokou and consisted of representatives from the 
foreign ministries of Canada and Norway, representatives 
from USAID, ECHO, and DFID, and representatives from the 
Swedish and U.S. Missions in Kinshasa. The mission was to 
observe conditions and assess humanitarian and protection 
needs in central and northern Katanga.  The team visited 
Kalemie, Mitwaba and Lubumbashi.  Current estimates 
indicate a total of up to 1.7 million IDPs in the DRC. 
The small area near Mitwaba has only recently been 
surveyed by Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) and UNHCR, 
which have reported more than 30,000 IDPs in 10 camps. 
The delegation concentrated on the following: a) security 
issues; b) logistical and infrastructure difficulties; and 
c) issues of food, housing, education and health for 
returnees and IDPs. 
 
Security in North and Central Katanga 
------------------------------------- 
 
3.  While fragile peace is slowly returning to many parts 
of the Eastern DRC, many areas in northern and central 
Katanga province are not secure.  Ongoing efforts in South 
Kivu to subdue militias have pushed some armed groups into 
northern and central Katanga, where there is no MONUC 
presence. The Katanga region is also home to  Mai Mai 
groups, including fighters led by the infamous Gedeon. 
Further complicating the mix are large numbers of FARDC of 
the 63rd Brigade who have been billeted in Katanga for the 
last nine years.  As with most FARDC troops, there is 
little material support, and there are numerous reports of 
predation upon civilians.  Lootings, beatings, rapes and 
killings across the territory are attributed to 
unspecified "men in uniform" as well as to the Mai Mai 
militias.  A proposed fourth brigade of UN peacekeepers 
for Katanga was shelved, but a long-awaited detachment of 
peacekeepers from Benin is expected soon in Katanga. 
 
Logistics and Infrastructure Deficit 
------------------------------------ 
 
4.  Although Katanga once had a notable road and railway 
system, infrastructure has been degraded or destroyed by 
long-term conflict and neglect.  In an attempt to 
alleviate some of the severe hunger, the World Food 
Program recently sent a truck convoy from Lubumbashi to 
Mitwaba, a distance of 250 miles.  The convoy took 3 weeks 
to complete the journey.  The only alternative to ground 
transportation, however, is expensive airlifts.  Although 
a vestige of rail service between Lubumbashi and Kalemie 
still exists, the rail-bed, engines and carriages are 
falling apart and transit often takes weeks because of 
breakdowns.  When the trains do run, mining interests that 
can afford much higher tariffs than humanitarian 
organizations dominate usage.  All UN agencies and NGOs 
attempting to provide services in the province cite lack 
of infrastructure and logistical difficulties -- second to 
security issues -- as the major challenges to providing 
humanitarian aid. 
 
Food, Housing, Education and Health 
----------------------------------- 
 
5.  Spontaneous returnees from Tanzanian refugee camps and 
displaced persons in rural areas of Katanga lack access to 
food, housing materials, education and health care. 
Unemployment is very high and there is little economic 
development.  Even international and non-governmental 
organizations are largely unable to provide basic services 
in many rural areas.  Many returnees and IDPs said that 
absent security, they fear for their safety whenever they 
receive food, water and relief supplies, which make them 
 
targets for criminal groups. 
 
6. Comment:  The humanitarian challenges in northern and 
central Katanga are daunting.  As noted in the 
International Crisis Group's recent report on Katanga, the 
genesis of the current situation is complex and multi- 
layered, and resolution defies simplistic, formulaic 
responses.  The planned deployment of peacekeepers in the 
area, along with an increased GDRC commitment to 
integration, training and material support for FARDC 
forces, would ease conditions somewhat for those Congolese 
displaced by the long-running regional tensions.  However, 
an improvement of the grim reality on the ground will only 
come with increased security. End comment. 
 
MEECE