Weekly picks
SOUTH SUDAN
Up to 30 suspected cases of cholera are reported at Juba teaching hospital as of 18 July. At least one person has died. The emergence of cholera is likely linked to the sudden arrival of 12,000 of IDPs in UN bases, where sanitation facilities are poor, after the violence that took place in the city between 7 and 11 July.
DRC
50,000 people have been displaced from Kikuku to Nyanzale and Kanyabayonga, Rutshuru, Nord-Kivu, due to fighting between alleged Mayi-Mayi Nyatura (allied to FDLR) and Mayi-Mayi Nduma Defence of Congo between 7–10 July. FARDC troops are in the area.
IRAQ
More than 7,000 people have been displaced from Shirqat, in Salah al Din, since 13 July – almost 4,000 between 15 and 18 July. Government forces are fighting Islamic State.
Updated: 19/07/2016. Next update: 26/07/2016.