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Thousands displaced by Congo fighting - 15-Dec-07
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Dec 15 07
Witnessed: 718 veces
Regions: República Democrática del Congo
Issues: Los desplazados internos
Fighting in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced thousands of people, leaving them in camps, unable to return home.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from North Kivu on what conditions are like for those left displaced by the fighting.
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