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VIDEO: Impact of violence in eastern Congo
06 Oct 2007
Source: Reuters
Oct. 6 - According to the United Nations, over 90,000 people fled their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in September after fighting resumed between forces loyal to the renegade general, Laurent Nkunda, and the army.

Reuters Television travelled to the area to find out what's behind the latest round of violence, and the impact it's having on the region.

Marie Lora and Marlene Rabaud report.

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A cholera patient lies in a bed at the Don Bosco center in Goma in eastern Congo, November 20, 2008. Fighting in eastern Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians ...



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