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The living conditions of the displaced from Kwamouth living in the warehouses of the central market of Malebo in Bandundu continue to deteriorate, notes a journalist from Radio Okapi. These men, women and children fled the atrocities of the Mobondo militia in Kwamouth, following the Teke-Yaka inter-communal conflict. In the last two years, 97 deaths have been recorded among them, reports their president François Tabuku. These deaths are due to the lack of food and health care adequate. Jérémie Bikiele, chief of staff of the provincial minister of humanitarian action of Kwilu, speaks of a humanitarian crisis "forgotten" by the government: "The situation is disastrous. We can say that this is a forgotten crisis because the interventions have not been up to the humanitarian needs of the victims. It's been two years now, and we still have people on the Malebo site, people in unassisted foster care, without sufficient means of subsistence. We have cases of untreated illnesses and people without access to income. Normally, under these conditions, we should accompany and support them so that they can reintegrate into everyday life. There is the central government, the provincial governmen