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Posted by The.IRC on May 7th, 2009
Violent clashes between government forces and rebels and attacks on villages are becoming more frequent and widespread in eastern Congo. People in the province of North Kivu have been exposed to such levels of insecurity for more than a year, but here in neighboring South Kivu the resurgence of violence is a new crisis whose severity and scope have taken most observers by surprise. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 26th, 2009
Posted by The.IRC on January 24th, 2009
On the road through Kiwanja on a weekday in December, the only sound was a toddler sobbing. I was accompanying IRC’s North Kivu education team on a school assessment. The school was empty. more »

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