Eastern Congo: "We are forced to flee every two months"

7 December 2009

By Peter Biro, International Rescue Committee

Storm clouds are gathering and the wind is tugging at the plastic sheeting covering the hundreds of makeshift shelters that comprise the Mungote camp in Congo's troubled North Kivu province. Over 30,000 people live here, unable to work and with little access to food.

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People in eastern Congo's camps live in small crude shelters made from straw, cardboard and tree branches. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.
 

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