Fighting escalates in Congo
A Congolese woman carrying her belongings and her children arrives to the entrance of Goma, Congo, October 27, 2008. Thousands of Congolese people fleet to Goma from the Rugari town and from the Kibumba IDP’s camp after violence started between Forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. Some 200,000 people have been displaced due to renewed violence in the Congolese province of Nord-Kivu and conditions are deteriorating, the
People carry their belongings as they flee fighting, near Kibumba, some 25 miles north of Goma, in eastern Congo, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)
UN armored vehicles passe between Congolese fleeing Kibumba Internally Displaced Persons camp, about 21.7 miles north of the provincial capital Goma on October 27, 2008. Thousands of Congolese fled to Goma from Rugari and from the Kibumba IDP’s camp after violence started between forces loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. A new government was formed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) as violence escalated in the east of the country, reported national radio-television of Congo (RTNC) on October 26, 2008. (Walter Astrada / AFP/Getty Images)
Congolese army withdraw from Kibumba about 21.7 miles north of the provincial capital Goma on October 27, 2008. (Walter Astrada / AFP/Getty Images)
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Displaced residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo gather in an improvised camp in Kibati. Thousands of people have fled violence between forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. (Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images)
A Congolese displaced woman feeds her child a biscuit just outside of Goma in eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continue between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda. (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)
Displaced people try to fill water containers at a gathering point for displaced people in the village of Kibati some 12 kilometers north of Goma in eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)