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DR Congo (Zaire) -- News -- 2010Outbreak of violence in Congo results in 400 000 refugees01.01.2010
From March until June 2009 about 400 000 people were forced to flee their homes to be saved from the violence and the armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, quoted by AFP. Only in North Kivu province about 300 000 civilians had left their homes , told media representatives Hedorn Max, head of the Red Cross mission in the DRC. Other 100 000 refugees were registered in South Kivu province, fleeing from the terror of the militants marauding in their settlements, said Hedorn after the end of his mandate Beginning***AfricaDR Congo (Zaire) -- Analyses -- 2010War's going on01.01.2010
Civil war lasts more than a decade and is kept primarily for control over natural resources including gold, diamonds and timber. Raw materials are extracted in the most primitive way - with heavy manual labor. Beginning***Africa |
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