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Conflict in eastern DRC provokes fears of regional war

Chuduku, traditional two-wheeled handmade vehicles are pushed loaded with items belonging to internally displaced persons, as they leave the camps in Bulengo on February 12, 2025.[Photo, AFP]

The intensifying conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has provoked fears of a regional war.

Several of the DRC's nine neighbouring countries, as well as South Africa, already have a military presence on the ground.

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