WFP: 200,000 displaced by fighting in Congo

The World Food Program says fighting in eastern Congo's province of North Kivu has driven around 200,000 people from their homes since August.

The U.N. previously reported half that number were displaced by fighting in the area.

The new director for WFP's Geneva office says between 1.4 million and 2 million people in total are displaced in North Kivu. The figure includes those uprooted from earlier waves of fighting since 2007.

Charles Vincent says people are increasingly malnourished in eastern Congo and that officials report some have died of hunger.

Vincent told reporters Friday the agency is short of 33,000 tons of food for the country through March, and needs $46 million in donations to buy it.