War and Displacement in Congo

A kid asks food to her mother as they stay in an improvised Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Kibati, about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, on October 28, 2008.
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Family First
A woman gives out food to her young family at the IDP camp in Kibati. D.R. Congo President Joseph Kabila has called for more soldiers to be sent to the D.R.C., where the U.N. has 17,000 troops — the world's largest peacekeeping force.

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