Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KAMPALA, 15 July 2013 (IRIN) - Some 66,000 Congolese refugees have crossed into Uganda in recent days, following fighting between Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national army (FARDC). Their arrival has left the Ugandan government and humanitarian agencies struggling to meet the refugees' needs amid funding challenges. "The situation is very dire. It's overwhelming... given the massive arrivals of these refugees, and sudden number of this nature, in an area with very limited preparedness to extend humanitarian assistance," Mohammed Adar, country representative for the UN Refugee Agency...
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