Lubero, DR Congo, Dec 20, 2024 (AFP) - 'Enemy is next door': DR Congo town dreads advancing rebels

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2024-12-20

Life seems almost normal in the streets of Lubero but the calm is deceptive -- the town nestled in the forested, misty hills of eastern DR Congo is under threat from an advancing rebel militia. "The enemy is right next door," interim mayor Crispin Hinga told AFP, gravely. The front line is now only around 50 kilometres (31 miles) away and "most people have already packed their bags", Hinga said. In the cold rain, soldiers of the Congolese armed f......

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