Geneva, Jan 17, 2025 (AFP) - Over 230,000 flee eastern DR Congo violence since January 1: UN

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2025-01-17

Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced some 237,000 people since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday. "Escalating clashes between non-state armed groups and the Congolese army in North and South Kivu provinces are intensifying one of the world's most alarming yet under-reported humanitarian crises, marked by widespread human rights violations and massive forced displacement," Eujin Byun, spokes......

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