Refugees & forced migration
DRC: Escalating displacement in North Kivu
2008-10-03, Issue 399
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/50969
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Fighting between Congolese armed forces and dissident troops and militias, as well as widespread human rights violations committed by all groups, has caused the displacement of at least 150,000 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from January to July 2008, mostly in North Kivu province. As a result, at least 1.25 million people were displaced in DRC as of the end of June, two-thirds of them in North Kivu Province.
