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Eastern Congo crisis: Fire of war, sword of hunger

Displaced children from the town of Sake walk towards the Bushagala camp after collecting firewood in Kimoka, on February 9, 2025. [Jospin Mwisha /AFP]

Since gaining independence in 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has known no stability. Its civilians have endured nothing but killing, displacement, and famine — particularly in the eastern regions.

Eastern Congo stands as one of the most complex conflict zones in Africa, and indeed in the world, due to the intertwining historical, political, ethnic, economic, and security dimensions that converge there.

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