Brass For Africa

Congo Support Network update 12 Nov 2008

Humanitarian Crisis in DR Congo

Horrible images of Congolese fleeing villages and Goma in North Kivu Province, Eastern Congo, by fear of being killed by Rwandese troops and militias led by Laurent Nkunda. By the way, many Nkunda's men only speak Kinyarwanda and English. Go figure!

DR Congo refugee camps 'burned'

The UN says it has credible reports that camps sheltering 50,000 displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been destroyed.

Reports suggest the camps were forcibly emptied and looted before being burned, the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, said.

Aid groups say they are struggling to reach an estimated 250,000 people in the region fleeing fierce fighting between government and rebel forces.

DRC: 50.000 personnes sur les routes, expulsées de camps

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