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Tagged: Democratic Republic of Congo
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When communities get caught in the cross-fire, they suffer. Innocent lives are lost. People are forced to flee from their homes. Living a normal life becomes impossible.
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When communities get caught in the cross-fire, they suffer. Innocent lives are lost. These images tell the story of why we campaign on conflict and emergencies.
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Renewed combat in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a drastic deterioration in the humanitarian situation and immense suffering for civilians, the Congo Advocacy Coalition, a group of 83 aid agencies and human rights groups, said today.
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Spilling beyond the conflict that has swept the region, sexual violence is now beginning to corrode the core of traditional Congolese communities.
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Outbreaks of cholera are just one of the consequences of Congo's underinvestment in everything from roads to health clinics to clean water.
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A former child soldier, this young man now supports himself as a furniture-maker in a small shop in Goma.
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The diversity in the children’s answers in this project is a fair sign that Oxfam does “work with others to overcome poverty and suffering”; that the school and the community do participate in Oxfam's projects.
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Oxfam today urged European leaders to do more to bring lasting peace in Eastern Congo.
