A mortality survey conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and released earlier this year demonstrates that this conflict is the world’s most deadly crisis since World War II: an estimated 5.4 million people have died as a consequence of the war and its lingering effects in the last decade. Today, a quarter of a million people are on the run, almost half of them on territory under rebel control and with almost no access to aid.
然而，即使在战争不那么激烈的时候，刚果也经受着战争间接影响的荼毒。由国际救援委员会(IRC)进行并于今年早些时候发布的一份死亡率调查显示，这一冲突是第二次世界大战以来世界上最致命的危机：在过去十年中，大约有540万人因为战争及其延迟效应死亡。今天，有25万人流离失所，其中几乎有一半的人处在叛乱分子控制的区域，没有获取救助的任何途径。这些人需要食物和住所，干净的饮用水以及厕所，医疗护理和教育。他们中的妇女和女孩也需要保护，以免于性暴力的侵害——当家人 被迫转移时，它会突然发生。