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UN warns worst may be yet to come if DRC violence spreads

Eastern DRC residents flee as the M23 rebel group seizes further territory in the east of the country. [Jospin Mwisha.AFP]

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said civilians in eastern DRC were suffering and insisted there could be no military solution to the conflict.

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