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UN: Humanitarian crisis in the DRC
The United Nations says fighting in eastern DRC is fuelling a humanitarian crisis.
The United Nations is saying that fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing an overwhelming rise in humanitarian assistance.
And up to fourteen people have died in two separate ferry accidents in Sierra Leone.
(Image: Hundreds line up in Goma, DRC to register for food aid. Credit: AP)
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