{"id":5256,"date":"2021-06-02T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T08:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewalkeronline.com\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2021-06-02T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T08:16:51","slug":"mount-nyiragongo-half-a-million-without-water-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkeronline.com\/?p=5256","title":{"rendered":"Mount Nyiragongo: Half a Million Without Water in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/118767056_c4459544-7776-4f85-a9dc-b00d04ec1b62.jpg?resize=976%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/118767056_c4459544-7776-4f85-a9dc-b00d04ec1b62.jpg?w=976&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/118767056_c4459544-7776-4f85-a9dc-b00d04ec1b62.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewalkeronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/118767056_c4459544-7776-4f85-a9dc-b00d04ec1b62.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><br \/>\nWednesday, May 2, 2021<br \/>\nNearly 500,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been left without clean drinking water after a volcano erupted, the charity M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) has warned.<\/p>\n<p>It says because cholera is endemic and poses a great threat there is an urgent need to provide people in the eastern city of Goma with safe drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>A reservoir and pipes were damaged when Mount Nyiragongo erupted on 22 May.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people are still unable to return to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are assisting the immediate needs of displaced people, but it is not enough,&#8221; said Magali Roudaut, MSF head of mission in DRC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We demand urgent support of other humanitarian organisations to assist people.&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, May 2, 2021 Nearly 500,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been left without clean drinking water after a volcano erupted, the charity M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) has warned. 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