Kivu conflict Democratic Republic of the Congo
people fleeing villages due fighting between fardc , rebels groups, north kivu, 2012
additionally, in northern katanga, mai-mai created laurent kabila slipped out of control of kinshasa gédéon kyungu mutanga s mai mai kata katanga briefly invading provincial capital of lubumbashi in 2013 , 400,000 persons displaced in province of 2013. on , off fighting in ituri conflict occurred between nationalist , integrationist front (fni) , union of congolese patriots (upc) claimed represent lendu , hema ethnic groups, respectively. in northeast, joseph kony s lra moved original bases in uganda , south sudan dr congo in 2005 , set camps in garamba national park.
in 2009, new york times reported people in congo continued die @ rate of estimated 45,000 per month – estimates of number have died long conflict range 900,000 5,400,000. death toll due widespread disease , famine; reports indicate half of individuals have died children under 5 years of age. there have been frequent reports of weapon bearers killing civilians, of destruction of property, of widespread sexual violence, causing hundreds of thousands of people flee homes, , of other breaches of humanitarian , human rights law. 1 study found more 400,000 women raped in democratic republic of congo every year.
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