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An anxious-looking family shelter in their tent in Kibati. © UNHCR/P.Taggart
Tension mounts in two Congolese camps after woman shot dead
Friday, 21 Nov. 2008
Fears mount for displaced civilians at two camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after a young woman is shot dead.
Friday, 21 Nov. 2008
Fears mount for displaced civilians at two camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after a young woman is shot dead.
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