U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Complex Emergency
Situation Report #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2002    August 15, 2002

Note: the last situation report was dated May 2, 2002.


BACKGROUND

Insecurity, the lack of infrastructure, and limited access to vulnerable
populations continue to hinder humanitarian assistance in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Joseph Kabila became the President of the DRC on January 26, 2001,
following the death of his father, Laurent-Desire Kabila. President Joseph
Kabila has publicly committed to fostering peace in the DRC and supporting
the Lusaka Peace Accords signed in July?August 1999. A cease-fire has held
in accordance with the Lusaka accords for the past year and U.N. Observer
Mission in the DRC (MONUC) observers have started to focus on disarmament,
demobilization, and resettlement activities for combatants.

The Inter-Congolese Dialogue, hosted in Sun City, South Africa, ended in
May 2002 but did not reach an all-party agreement. However, President
Kabila and the Uganda-backed opposition group Movement for the Liberation
of the Congo (MLC) signed a partial agreement that designated Kabila as
interim President and the MLC's Jean-Pierre Bemba as interim Prime
Minister. The Rwanda-backed Congolese Democratic Assembly based in Goma,
North Kivu Province (RCD-G) and a few other opposition groups did not sign
the agreement. On July 30, President Kagame of Rwanda and President Kabila
signed a peace agreement in Pretoria, South Africa. The Government of
Rwanda (GOR) pledged the withdrawal of all Rwandan forces from DRC
territory, and the Government of the DRC (GDRC) agreed to assist in
disarming and dismantling ex-Rwandan Armed Forces (ex-FAR) and Hutu
militia Interahamwe forces located in the DRC.

Some withdrawal of foreign forces (from Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda,
and Zimbabwe) from the DRC has taken place during the past year.  Angola,
Namibia, and Zimbabwe sent troops in 1998 to support the GDRC, which
controls the western part of the country.  The MLC based in Gbadolite,
Equateur Province controls most of Equateur and some of Orientale Province
in the north.  The RCD-G controls much of North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema,
Orientale, and Katanga Provinces.  In the eastern part of the country
(northern Katanga, Maniema, North and South Kivu Provinces)  fighting has
intensified involving, among others, ex-FAR/Interahamwe and Mai Mai forces
against the RCD-G.

Insecurity in rural and urban areas has restricted access to agricultural
land, decreasing harvest yields and contributing to the food security
crisis. Lack of access to traditional markets has discouraged farming.
Poverty is widespread and the health care system has eroded due to a lack
of resources and continuous looting by different parties in the conflict.
Widespread insecurity has resulted in limited private sector activities.
President Kabila has attempted to address these economic concerns,
however, the economy faces difficult circumstances.  The January 17, 2002
eruption of the Mt.  Nyiragongo volcano in Goma also strained already
limited humanitarian resources. (Please see USAID/OFDA DRC?Volcano Fact
Sheet #13 dated August 15, 2002.)


NUMBERS AT A GLANCE                                 SOURCE

Internally Displaced Persons   Total: 1,876,000     U.N. Office for
(IDPs)                                              the Coordination
                                                    of Humanitarian
                                                    Affairs (UN OCHA)

Refugees from the DRC          Total: 359,909       Office of the
                                                    U.N. High
                                                    Commissioner for
                                                    Refugees (UNHCR)

Refugees in the DRC            Total: 349,104       UNHCR
                               193,540 from Angola
                               75,450 from Sudan
                               26,875 from Rwanda
                               21,425 from Uganda
                               19,500 from Burundi
                               6,895 from CAR
                               5,419 from Rep Congo


Total FY 2002 USAID/OFDA Assistance to the DRC
$15,131,965

Total FY 2002 USG Humanitarian Assistance to the DRC
$49,000,920


CURRENT SITUATION

Steady Efforts to Establish Peace in the DRC.

The U.N. Secretary-General appointed Moustapha Niasse, Senegal's former
prime minister, as U.N. special envoy to the DRC to support peace
restoration efforts.  The U.N. Secretary-General appointed Lena Sundh from
Sweden as the Deputy Special Representative for the DRC.

On May 19, the Inter-Congolese Dialogue negotiations in Sun City, South
Africa produced a limited agreement between the GDRC and the MLC for a
power-sharing government in Kinshasa. The RCD-G did not sign the
agreement. The working group mandated with organizing the implementation
of the agreement has encountered difficulties in determining the command
structure for the national army, according to international humanitarian
sources in early July.

In early July, President Kabila and President Kagame along with ministers
from the DRC and Rwanda met in Durban, South Africa on the margins of the
Organization for African Unity (OAU) summit in a meeting brokered by South
African President Thabo Mbeki and U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

On July 30 in Pretoria, South Africa, the Governments of the DRC and
Rwanda signed a peace agreement requiring the withdrawal of Rwandan troops
from DRC territory and the dismantling of the ex-FAR and Hutu militia
Interahamwe forces in the DRC.  On August 12, the Government of South
Africa and the United Nations announced the establishment of a joint
secretariat to oversee and verify the implementation of the peace
agreement.  The parties have determined a 90-day implementation timeline.
The agreement calls for the repatriation of Rwandan forces in DRC back to
Rwanda, including 2,000 Rwandans currently located at in Kamina, Katanga
Province. The GOR estimates that more than 50,000 ex-FAR and Interahamwe
forces are based in the DRC while MONUC speculates between 8,000 and
15,000 remain.  In mid-August, President Kabila of the DRC announced his
willingness to sign a similar peace agreement with the Government of
Uganda.

On August 13, the Government of Angola hosted a meeting between government
delegations from the DRC and Uganda to discuss the withdrawal of
approximately 1,000 Ugandan soldiers from the DRC. On August 13,
international media sources also reported that President Mugabe of
Zimbabwe would like to withdraw Zimbabwe's more than 3,000 forces from DRC
territory.


Economic Recovery Measures.

On July 3, President Kabila signed a presidential decree establishing a
national minimum wage of 335 Congolese francs per day, or approximately
one U.S. dollar per day.  However, the ongoing conflict has limited growth
of the Congolese economy and the capacity for the government or businesses
to meet the minimum wage standard has not yet been evaluated.

There have been a number of improvements in the Congo's economic arena in
recent months. For example, current inflation rates have decreased from
511 percent in 2000 to approximately 5 percent in 2002 according to
international media sources.

On June 10, the GDRC cleared its $81.0 million in overdue service payments
to the World Bank and International Development Association (IDA),
facilitating the restoration of all loans and IDA credits and eligibility
for disbursements under existing loans, credits, project facility
advances, and new operations.  On June 13, the World Bank approved an IDA
credit for $450.0 million as a part of a larger multilateral aid package
that focuses on HIV/AIDS assistance, education, health, and infrastructure
development.  The President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, visited
the DRC in mid-July. Wolfensohn proposed the cancellation of more than 80
percent of the DRC's $12.0 billion debt, for which a decision will be made
in early 2003.

On June 26, the African Development Fund and the African Development Bank
(ADB) approved a mechanism to clear arrears of $800.0 million owed by the
GDRC. For the first time in five years, the ADB gave $43.0 million to the
GDRC and lent the country an additional $15.0 million in late July. These
developments are an integral part of the DRC's economic improvement, which
would in turn assist vulnerable populations currently receiving
humanitarian assistance.

Efforts to establish commercial traffic throughout the DRC continue. At
the beginning of July, the Congolese National Railroad Company (SNCC)
announced that it would commence travel along the 450 km Kananga-Ilebo
route in western Kasai Province once per week. The United Nations
announced the initial resumption of commercial traffic on the Congo River
with the departure of two barges from Kinshasa to Equateur Province on
July 20.

Although insecurity remains a key concern, a barge of humanitarian food
and health supplies provided by USAID arrived in Kisangani, Orientale
Province at the end of May to assist vulnerable populations in Kisangani,
Bumba, and Lisala.  However, possible scope of commercial activities has
not been determined and commercial traffic travels through some areas that
remain insecure.  Commercial traffic ceased along the Congo River in
August 1998 as a result of increasing conflict-related insecurity, but in
July, commercial traffic resumed between GDRC and MLC areas along the
Congo River.


Continuing Economic Hardship.

Continuing insecurity along Congo's rivers has limited economic
rehabilitation.  For example, the lack of commercial traffic between
Mbandaka in Equateur Province and Kisangani in Orientale Province along
the Congo River for the past five years has diminished the local economy
of Mbandaka.  The capital city of Equateur Province was once the
commercial and transport center of northern DRC because of the coffee,
corn, soy, cocoa, rice, and wood plantations in the province.  The
presence of MONUC military observers and civilian staff has contributed to
some revitalization of Mbandaka, but economic observers indicate that
consistent and secure commercial traffic along the Congo River would
positively affect the local economy.


Ongoing Insecurity Throughout the DRC.

USAID/OFDA field personnel and international humanitarian sources reported
on May 13 that a group of RCD-G opposition forces seized the radio station
in Kisangani, and asked the population to rise up against the Rwandans,
resulting in a five-hour gun battle between Rwanda-backed RCD-G and
regular Rwandan forces.  The situation in the city calmed within a few
days, but indicated the growing sentiment in eastern DRC against the
presence of Rwandan troops in the region.  The U.N.  Special Rapporteur on
extra-judicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, following a visit to the
DRC between 16 and 22 June, concluded that RCD-G officials killed
approximately 103 civilians and 60 uniformed men during the Kisangani
fighting. The U.N. Human Rights Coordinator has called for the immediate
arrest of the RCD-G forces and civilian perpetrators who ordered and
carried out the killings.

On June 21, Mai-Mai militia forces allied with the Kinshasa government
seized the town of Pweto in southeastern DRC from the RCD-G.  However, the
RCD- G regained control of the town in early July.  Under disengagement
agreements organized in Kampala and Harare in 2000, the RCD-G forces were
to have withdrawn from Pweto.

In another indication of the difficulties facing humanitarian actors in
the DRC, in June armed men looted medicines from USAID/OFDA-funded
International Rescue Committee (IRC) health centers in the Kabare health
zone north of Bukavu in South Kivu Province.  The attacks prompted the IRC
to relocate some of its medicines to larger, more secure locations.  The
looters also targeted private homes in the area surrounding the health
centers and stole food, livestock, and household equipment.

According to humanitarian organizations and USAID/OFDA personnel in the
DRC, on July 19 RCD-G allegedly demanded a $23,000 "expatriate food tax"
from the NGO AirServ International in Goma, North Kivu Province.
USAID/OFDA provided $1.2 million to Airserv in FY 2002 for essential
passenger and light humanitarian cargo air service for NGOs to assist
remote, vulnerable populations throughout eastern DRC.  Airserv refused to
pay the tax and air operations were temporarily suspended.  After further
discussions, the RCD-G allowed AirServ to maintain the humanitarian
flights.

Maniema Province: Thousands of residents located 500 km southwest of
Bukavu in Maniema Province were temporarily forced to flee into the forest
when RCD-G troops attacked the town of Kampene on June 8.  A Mai- Mai
militia faction had seized control of the gold and coltan laden area from
the RCD-G one month previously.

International non-governmental organizations (NGOs)  report that the
situation in Kindu, the capital of Maniema Province, has deteriorated in
recent months and less than 10 percent of the population remains
self-sufficient.  More than 27,000 people have been displaced by Mai- Mai
attacks in 2002, prompting the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) to mobilize seeds and tools for 10,000 vulnerable families to assist
in the September harvest.

On August 2, more than 350 people arrived in Kindu in east-central DRC
after fleeing fighting between Congolese Mai-Mai militia and RCD-G troops
in Kailo, 50 km to the north. Residents in Kindu have not ventured outside
the town to cultivate their crops due to security concerns and as a
result, humanitarian sources warn of increasing food shortages in the
region.  USAID/OFDA currently supports emergency health programs in Kindu
through the NGO MERLIN.

Haute Plateau/Minembwe, South Kivu Province: In early July, international
humanitarian sources reported that fighting between primarily Rwandan
troops and Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi pastoralists) forces led by
Patrick Musunzu prompted the displacement of more than 50,000 people on
the Minembwe/Itombwe Plateau in South Kivu Province.  Humanitarian sources
report that food assistance could become critical because of combatants'
needs decreasing the recent harvest and insecurity limiting access to
grazing and pastoral lands.

On July 18, representatives from UNICEF, UN OCHA, the World Health
Organization (WHO), and other aid organizations visited Uvira, South Kivu
Province for the first time since June. The team evaluated the
humanitarian situation, health, education, literacy, nutrition, and water
purification needs of approximately 50,000 people displaced by recent
fighting, and provided humanitarian assistance to vulnerable groups.

A U.N. humanitarian assessment team visited Minembwe in South Kivu
Province on August 2 but Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) officials denied
access to IDPs in the region due to ongoing insecurity. On August 3, more
than 100 RCD-G troops denied the humanitarian mission access to Baraka,
located near Lake Tanganyika, in South Kivu. RCD-G officials later
apologized for the incident, explaining a lack of coordination between
RCD-G headquarters, which granted access to the mission, and local
commanders on the ground. The mission visited the Baraka on August 8,
however, the incident highlights to continuing difficulties humanitarian
organizations experience in assessing humanitarian needs and providing
assistance in eastern DRC.  Bunia, Ituri Province: Clashes between the
opposition group the Congolese Democratic Assembly – Liberation Movement
(RCD-ML) and a splinter militia group within the RCD-ML representing the
minority Hema ethnic group killed an estimated 40 people during the week
of July 8?12 in Bunia, in northwest Ituri province.  According to
international humanitarian sources, Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF)
assisted the Hema militia during the fighting.

Intense fighting occurred between ethnic groups, militia forces, and the
UPDF in Bunia between August 6 and 10.  More than 100 people were
reportedly killed in the fighting between Uganda-supported Hema militias
and an Congolese Democratic Assemebly-Kisangani-Liberation Movement
(RCD-K-ML) faction called the Union of Congolese Patriots, according to
international humanitarian sources. The clashes caused population
displacements and stressed already limited humanitarian access to the
region.


Update on MONUC.

MONUC has disarmed and demobilized 1,800 ex-FAR soldiers in the DRC,
according to international humanitarian sources.  As of May 31, there are
3,719 total uniformed personnel in the DRC, including 449 military
observers, 3,256 troops and 14 civilian police, who are supported by 528
international and 289 local civilian personnel.

On June 17, the U.N. Security Council extended MONUC's mandate until June
2003.  The council urged member states to commit additional resources to
increase MONUC from approximately 3,800 personnel to the authorized level
of 5,537 people.  The Secretary-General warned that at current levels,
MONUC could not rapidly intervene to protect civilians, as articulated in
its mandate.  President Kabila supports the increased mission strength.
MONUC's presence has facilitated some improvements in the overall security
situation in the DRC, which assists humanitarian operations.


Humanitarian Coordination.

Due to the size and scope of humanitarian activities in DRC, coordination
of assistance programs remains problematic. In addition, insecurity and
limited humanitarian access have hindered coordination efforts.

Between May 27 and June 8, a six-nation donor mission conducted an
assessment of humanitarian coordination in the DRC. The mission met with
representatives of U.N.  agencies, NGOs, the International Red Cross
Society (ICRC), and GDRC officials in Bukavu, Bunia, Goma, Kinshasa, and
Kisangani. Mission members concluded the need for an increased UN OCHA
focus on core organizational functions: coordinating the humanitarian
community's response to emergency operations to save lives in the
short-term. Among other issues, the mission determined the need for a
high-level negotiator to discuss humanitarian access with non-state
actors, and further clarification of MONUC's relationship with
humanitarian activities in the DRC.


Ongoing Health Concerns.

Since June 24, a lack of chlorine that the national water company would
use to purify river water in Gbadolite in Equateur Province has resulted
in a decreased potable water supply.  Gbadolite is located on the DRC's
northern border with the Central African Republic. While the water company
continues to try and provide water, the lack of chlorine indicates the
difficulty in obtaining basic resources in the DRC.

In early July, humanitarian organizations including the ICRC reported an
estimated 100 cases of cholera in Kalemie, Katanga Province in
southeastern DRC. Up to 60 cases per day are admitted to the Cholera
Treatment Center. Humanitarian organizations continue to monitor the
situation closely and are responding with water purification assistance
and other emergency activities.

According to a report released by the NGO Save the Children/UK, conflict
has facilitated the spread of HIV/AIDS through the exploitation of women
forced into sexual bartering by economic hardship, population
displacements, low levels of HIV awareness, minimal sexual and
reproductive health services, and an increased likelihood of the usage of
unscreened blood. According to Save the Children, approximately 680,000
children have lost parents to AIDS in the DRC and many have become heads
of households.

The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) reports that 24 people have died out of
4,000 cases of measles in Kinshasa since the beginning of the year. The
disease has spread from eastern into the central and western districts of
the capital, prompting UNICEF to respond with an accelerated vaccination
campaign.


Continuing Food Security Needs.

Following a June assessment, the FAO reported significant caloric
deficiencies and food insecurity in the poorest areas of Kinshasa.
Limited resources such as fishing equipment, overexploitation due to
population pressures, and limited transportation infrastructure have
decreased the purchasing power of residents. According to FAO, the high
rate of unemployment (22 percent) and underemployment in the informal
sector (33 percent) has adversely affected the economic situation of
Congolese in the capital.  FAO has also expressed concern about the
nutritional situation in Kasai Orientale province and Katanga Province
where insecurity has limited humanitarian access.

In early July, WFP resumed a six-week emergency airlift operation to
provide 1,100 metric tons (MT) of maize meal, pulses, corn soya blend,
vegetable oil, sugar, and salt to feeding centers in eight villages in
northern Katanga Province.  The food will assist an estimated 24,000
people until September who remain isolated as a result of the ongoing
civil strife. The current airlift funded by USAID/OFDA, Norway, and
Switzerland, follows two airlifts in June and October 2001 that provided
approximately 900 MT of relief commodities to Katanga Province.

As of July 29, WFP had received 72 percent of its $116.0 million appeal to
provide assistance to more than 1.4 million food insecure vulnerable
people in the DRC.  Of the total appeal, the USG has contributed more than
56 percent of the food resources.

At the end of July, the humanitarian arm of MONUC appealed to
international organizations for emergency health and food assistance in
Waka and Djefera towns in northwestern Equateur Province following an
assessment.  Deteriorating roads have isolated the two towns and resulted
in high rates malnutrition and child mortality rates.


Update on the Volcanoes in Eastern DRC.

The January 17, 2002 eruption of the Mt. Nyiragongo volcano adversely
impacted more than 100,000 people in the Goma region.  Mt. Nyimuragira
erupted on July 25, 2002. Volcanologists are monitoring the minor threats
of another eruption of Mt. Nyiragongo or Mt. Nyamuragira.

For more detailed information, see USAID/OFDA DRC?Volcano Fact Sheet #13
dated August 15, 2002.



USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

On November 5, 2001, U.S. Ambassador Aubrey Hooks re-declared a disaster
for the ongoing complex emergency in the DRC as a result of the continued
fighting since August 1998.  To date in FY 2002, USAID's Office of U.S.
Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has provided more than $15.1
million in emergency assistance to the DRC and is reviewing options for
additional assistance focused primarily on health services and improving
food security.  USAID/OFDA also supports emergency market infrastructure
rehabilitation and agricultural programs for war-affected, vulnerable, and
internally displaced persons.  Programs that immediately provide
assistance to the most vulnerable as well as projects that build local
capacity are integrated to promote livelihoods.  An important component of
USAID/OFDA assistance is the funding of AirServ International to operate
three humanitarian aircraft in areas outside of government control.
USAID/OFDA also contributed more than $4.7 million in relief assistance
for victims of the January volcano eruption.  USAID/OFDA also supports two
Emergency Disaster Response Coordinators (EDRCs) in the DRC to monitor the
humanitarian situation throughout the country and make programmatic
recommendations to USAID/OFDA in Washington.

USAID's Office of Food For Peace (FFP) has provided more than 14,000 MT of
P.L. 480 Title II Emergency Food Assistance to WFP in FY 2002, valued at
approximately $10.0 million.  WFP's Protracted Relief and Recovery
Operation (PRRO) in the DRC aims to assist more than 1.2 million food
insecure IDPs, refugees, and other vulnerable people throughout the DRC.
Activities range from direct distribution of food in critical emergency
situations and support to supplemental and therapeutic feeding centers to
food for work (FFW)  activities in support of agricultural infrastructure
rehabilitation and food for training.

USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) has developed a national,
multi-faceted program to support the transition to peace in the DRC.  The
program will establish a foundation for the advancement to democracy and
assist in the country's reunification by fostering exchanges across the
country.  USAID/OTI will promote access to balanced information, encourage
public participation in the peace process, and build the capacity of civil
society through the provision of resources to a broad range of
organizations. The total cost of the transition program is $3.3 million.

In FY 2002, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  has provided 18,400
MT of 416(b) surplus food commodities to the DRC to assist in emergency
food needs.  The more than $15.0 million worth of food commodities
includes 16,900 MT of cornmeal and 1,500 MT of vegetable oil.

The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
has provided more than $5.4 million to the DRC in FY 2002. State/PRM
provided more than $4.7 million to UNHCR to assist refugees in the DRC,
and approximately $700,000 to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for
camp management, health, water, sanitation, and agriculture assistance to
Angolan refugees in Bas Congo Province in western DRC.  State/PRM also
provided assistance to WFP. Since the death of Angolan opposition leader
Jonas Savimbi in February 2002, approximately 9,500 Angolan refugees have
spontaneously returned to Angola from the DRC. UNHCR plans to facilitate a
voluntary refugee return program beginning in 2003.



U.S. GOVERNMENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC

Agency
Implementing Partner
Sector
Regions
Amount


FY 2002

USAID   $28,489,565
USAID/OFDA   $15,131,965


Action Against Hunger/ USA (AAH/USA)
Integrated health, nutrition, food security, water/sanitation
Uvira, South Kivu Province
$2,242,970

AAH/USA
Emergency health for war-affected
Katanga Province
$477,307

AirServ International
Air transport
Country-wide
$1,209,870

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Health
Kabinda
$201,502

Food for the Hungry (FHI)
Food security
South Kivu and northern Katanga Provinces
$744,577

FHI
Food security
Northern Katanga Province
$2,663,199

International Medical Corps (IMC)
Health care and nutrition assistance
Bunyakiri, South Kivu Province
$886,362

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Emergency health
Bunyakrir health zones, South Kivu Province
$2,695,414

MERLIN
Health
Maniema Province
$878,036

MERLIN
Health
Kasai Orientale Province
$163,061

UNICEF
Emergency health
Country-wide
$1,500,000

UN WFP
Special Operations - air transport of food
Northern Katanga Province
$919,829

UN WHO
Health coordination
Country-wide
$332,688

Administrative costs
Kinshasa and Washington, D.C.
$217,150



USAID/FFP	$10,057,600

WFP
14,000 in P.L. 480 Title II Emergency Food Assistance (9,000 MT maize,
  3,000 MT beans, 1,000 MT corn-soy blend, and 1,000 MT vegetable oil)
$10,057,600




USAID/OTI   $3,300,000

Programs in support of peace initiatives and transition to democracy
Country-wide




USDA   $15,050,370

WFP
16,900 MT of cornmeal and 1,500 MT of vegetable oil in 416 (b) surplus
  food commodities
$15,050,370



STATE/PRM	$5,460,985

UNHCR
Assistance for refugees in the DRC
Country-wide
$4,440,000

UNHCR
Refugee children's programs
Country-wide
$300,000

IRC
Assistance for Angolan refugees
Bas-Congo Province
$699,985

WFP
Full cost recovery
Country-wide
$21,000


TOTAL USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC IN FY 2002
$49,000,920


The USAID total does not reflect USAID's Africa Bureau FY 2002 planned
budget of $21.2 million in development assistance.

The USAID/OFDA total does not include $4,790,117 provided for relief
activities in the response to the January 17, 2002 eruption of Mt.
Nyiragongo in Goma, North Kivu Province.



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