Survivors share stories of deadly attacks in east DRC
By AlJazeera
27 February 2017 |
11:07 am
Dozens of people have been killed in a series of armed attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Meanwhile, a political crisis in the capital, Kinshasa, is worsening, with the saying it lacks resources to hold elections.
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