Humanitarian agencies and their partners are working around the clock to provide basic services such as water, food and shelter to more than 140,000 people displaced by the recent violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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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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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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