Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, following fresh fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo town on November 22, 2012. The rebel militia M23 – widely believed to be backed by Rwanda – holds the major city of Goma but was taken by surprise on Thursday in the village of Sake, 26km away, when government soldiers launched a counter-offensive, opening fire from surrounding hills. A humanitarian crisis is looming in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, aid agencies have warned, after another day of fighting sent thousands of people fleeing for safety.  [Credit : Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images]
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Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, following fresh fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo town on November 22, 2012. The rebel militia M23 – widely believed to be backed by Rwanda – holds the major city of Goma but was taken by surprise on Thursday in the village of Sake, 26km away, when government soldiers launched a counter-offensive, opening fire from surrounding hills. A humanitarian crisis is looming in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, aid agencies have warned, after another day of fighting sent thousands of people fleeing for safety. 

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Two displaced Congolese women stand above new homes built in a camp for the internally displaced in Katoyi in Masisi territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu on Monday, June 4, 2012. Katoyi has seen four waves of people arriving since last September following fights in the area between FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) and Maï-Maï armed groups. The most recent wave, beginning on May 14, has brought some 1500 families to Katoyi fleeing what they describe as attacks by the Maï Maï Raïa Mutomboki armed group, with various sources in Katoyi confirming the deaths of over 100 people over the past few weeks. [Credit : Phil Moore / AFP / Getty Images]
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Two displaced Congolese women stand above new homes built in a camp for the internally displaced in Katoyi in Masisi territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu on Monday, June 4, 2012. Katoyi has seen four waves of people arriving since last September following fights in the area between FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) and Maï-Maï armed groups. The most recent wave, beginning on May 14, has brought some 1500 families to Katoyi fleeing what they describe as attacks by the Maï Maï Raïa Mutomboki armed group, with various sources in Katoyi confirming the deaths of over 100 people over the past few weeks.

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Members of a Congolese women’s association, who have been widowed by conflict,  in the town of Rutshuru in D. R. Congo’s North Kivu province, are pictured on May 23, 2012. Chronic insecurity in the territory of Rutshuru, exacerbated by the current conflict between the government army and M23 rebels, has left many dead here. “War has been going on here for a long time, since 1996” says Chiza Ntamenya, a volunteer with the group, “we are fed up with the war.” [Credit : Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images]
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Members of a Congolese women’s association, who have been widowed by conflict,  in the town of Rutshuru in D. R. Congo’s North Kivu province, are pictured on May 23, 2012. Chronic insecurity in the territory of Rutshuru, exacerbated by the current conflict between the government army and M23 rebels, has left many dead here. “War has been going on here for a long time, since 1996” says Chiza Ntamenya, a volunteer with the group, “we are fed up with the war.”

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Internally displaced Congolese from Kisigari walk through the village of Kabindi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Rutshuru territory, on May 21, 2012. Fighting this morning in Kisigari between Congolese army and M23 rebels has forced yet another wave of people in DR Congo’s restive North Kivu province to leave their homes. The Democratic Republic of Congo has sent commandos to reinforce army units battling renegade soldiers in the eastern Nord-Kivu region’s remote jungle, an army officer told AFP today. [Credit : Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images]
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Internally displaced Congolese from Kisigari walk through the village of Kabindi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Rutshuru territory, on May 21, 2012. Fighting this morning in Kisigari between Congolese army and M23 rebels has forced yet another wave of people in DR Congo’s restive North Kivu province to leave their homes. The Democratic Republic of Congo has sent commandos to reinforce army units battling renegade soldiers in the eastern Nord-Kivu region’s remote jungle, an army officer told AFP today.

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Police stood guard in central Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday after incumbent Joseph Kabila was declared winner of the country’s Nov. 28 presidential election. Hours later, an opposition leader told French TV that he considers himself to be the president. [Credit : Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images]
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Police stood guard in central Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday after incumbent Joseph Kabila was declared winner of the country’s Nov. 28 presidential election. Hours later, an opposition leader told French TV that he considers himself to be the president.

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