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Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to target displaced civilians in a growing number of

Download logoMilitia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to target displaced civilians in a growing

Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to target displaced civilians in a growing number of

FALLS CHURCH, Va.

It's hard to eat here. There are no fields and no food. Life is hard,” says Albertine Nzale, traditional chief of Kinduti, on the outskirts of the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa. The village sits at the end of a bumpy track through the savanna outside the largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

There has been a sharp increase in tribally motivated violence targeting internally displaced people in refugee camps in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the latest attack, 62 people were killed.

In the DRC cobalt mining is increasingly important as the country produces more than 70% of the world's cobalt.

Ugandan police have arrested seven people for allegedly belonging to two terror cells, and having links to a raid in the central Lukaya and Butambala districts.

Kinshasa has had a turbulent past but has started to prosper as the DRC's economy expands at more than 6% a year.

It's hard to eat here. There are no fields and no food. Life is hard,” says Albertine Nzale, traditional chief of Kinduti, on the outskirts of the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa. The village sits at the end of a bumpy track through the savanna outside the largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).