Tens of thousands of poor Congolese are at risk.
Please remember the following things. These are poor people with no money or means to buy food. Also, there is little or no food to buy for such a large number of people. Finally, there are no large scale transportation means to transport food and other necessities to Goma.
This is the perfect storm for humanitarian crisis that could kill thousands.
BBC NEWS | Africa | EU envoys call for Congo action.
The UK and French foreign ministers have said urgent action is needed to ease the current crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner warned that displaced people needed rapid humanitarian aid and urged the full implementation of peace deals.
Meanwhile, the UN has said it will send a convoy of food and medical supplies into rebel-held areas on Monday.
It will be the first aid in a week to reach the thousands of refugees there.
A spokeswoman for the charity, Save the Children, said some had been reduced to foraging for wild roots and berries.
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