Hundreds of thousands flee violence in northeast DR Congo: UN
Internally Displaced Congolese wait inside a Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp for a distribution of clothes on March 2, 2018 in Bunia. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two weeks, local authorities and the UN said on June 18, 2019. PHOTO | AFP
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The UN refugee agency voiced deep concern over a flare-up in violence in DRC's volatile Ituri Province, which it said had seen "multiple attacks" involving the Hema and Lendu groups since early June.
