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• Nov. 24: Displaced Congolese refugees wait for aid in Ntamugenga, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 24: Displaced Congolese who fled to the south east of Rutshuru, against the border with Uganda, sheltering with strangers in villages, wait for aid in Ntamugenga, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 24: Displaced Congolese who fled to the south east of Rutshuru, on the border with Uganda and took shelter with strangers in villages, wait for aid in Ntamugenga, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 24: Displaced Congolese who fled to the south east of Rutshuru, on the border with Uganda and took shelter with strangers in villages, wait for aid in Ntamugenga, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 20: Displaced women and children arrive at a clinic run by the aid organization Merlin to receive medical treatment, in Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 20: A displaced woman and her child wait to receive medical treatment at a clinic run by the aid organization Merlin, in Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 19: A Congolese army tank maneuvers in the town of Kirumba, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 17: Displaced citizens wait for their names to be called at a Red Cross aid distribution point in a camp for the displaced in Kibati in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 17: Children are weighed and their length measured at a clinic in a camp for displaced people in Kibati in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 16: A boy starts a cooking fire as people line up to receive food aid in a camp for displaced people in Kibat in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 15: Red Cross aid worker Caroline Martinod from France marks the thumb of a displaced woman with ink to show that she has received non food items from the Red Cross in Kibati, north of Goma in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 15: U.N. special envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, arrives in Goma, eastern Congo. Obasanjo met President Joseph Kabila in the capital Kinshasa earlier in the day and is due to meet rebel leader Laurent Nkunda.
• Nov. 15: A displaced child chews on an empty plate in a abandoned church in Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. The U.N. refugee agency plans to move 60,000 Congolese caught between the front lines in the east of the country to a new camp next week.
• Nov. 12: The bodies of two goverment soldiers killed in fighting during the night are seen in the road on the front line near Kibati, just north of Goma, in eastern Congo. The city of Goma has been besieged by rebels loyal to renegade Gen. Lauren Nkunda since he reached the outskirts of the provincial capital. The rebels have promised to fight any African troops that aid the Congolese army.
• Nov. 13: People carry bags of flour away form the aid distribution point, after they received food aid in a camp for displaced people in Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. The city of Goma has been besieged by rebels loyal to renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda since he reached the outskirts of the provincial capital, and the rebels have promised to fight any African troops that aid the Congolese army
• Nov. 13: A child runs in a downpour at the Don Bosco Ngangi center in Goma, eastern Congo. Fighting in Congo intensified in August and has since displaced at least 250,000 people despite the presence of the largest U.N. peacekeeping force in the world. U.N. officials say both the rebels and government troops have committed crimes against civilians.
• Nov. 13: Motherless orphans and lost children rest at the Don Bosco Ngangi center in Goma, eastern Congo. Fighting in Congo intensified in August and has since displaced at least 250,000 people despite the presence of the largest U.N. peacekeeping force in the world. U.N. officials say both the rebels and government troops have committed crimes against civilians.
• Nov. 13: Two youths carry water on their heads in pouring rain in the outskirts of Goma in eastern Congo. Years of sporadic violence in eastern Congo intensified in August, and fighting between the army and fighters loyal to rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has displaced at least 250,000 people since then.
• Nov. 9: An old man get suffering from cholera gets treatment at a Doctors without Borders clinic in Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 9: family member support a woman suffering from cholera at a Doctors without Borders clinic in Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo.Doctors without Borders have treated 45 cases of cholera in Kibati since Friday. Congo's neighbors are calling for a cease-fire so humanitarian aid can reach victims of fighting in the African country's east
• Nov. 9: A young girl sucks her thumb as she waits to get treatment for cholera at a Doctors without Borders clinic in Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Doctors without Borders have treated 45 cases of cholera in Kibati since Friday. Congo's neighbors are calling for a cease-fire so humanitarian aid can reach victims of fighting in the African country's east.
• Nov. 7: Congo's President, Joseph Kabila, arrives for Special Consultative Meeting on conflict in the Eastern Republic of Congo, at an hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
• Nov. 7: The body of Zawadi Katsuva, 49, is carried to a grave in the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo. Katsuva's brother, William Cambale, said that 20 FARDC rebels came to the village, asked for money, and killed him. Clashes between Congo's army and rebels broke out briefly just outside the provincial capital of Goma on Friday as a peace summit aimed at halting the crisis opened in Kenya, the United Nations said.
• Nov. 7: The body of Zawadi Katsuva, 49, is lowered into a grave in the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo. Katsuva's brother William Cambale said 20 FARDC rebels came, asked for money, and killed him. Fighting resumed between rebels and Congolese forces on the outskirts of Goma.
• Nov. 7: A child carries water in a makeshift displaced persons camp outside the MONUC base in the village of Kiwanja, north of Goma, eastern Congo. Fighting resumed between rebels and Congolese forces on the outskirts of Goma.
• Nov. 6: Soldiers from rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's movement return to their barracks after they showed of their training during a mock attack at their base in Tebero, north of Goma in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 6: The bodies of two people allegedly shot by rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda are seen outside a hut in the village Kiwanja in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 6: Rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda return to their base as they walk through the village Kiwanja in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 6: Protegee, carrying her sibling on her back, cries as she looks for her parents through the village of Kiwanja in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 6: Rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda, see as they head towards Mai Mai militias, near the village Kiwanja in eastern Congo.
• Nov. 5: Congolese people displaced by the latest fighting escape the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo. Heavy fighting erupted for a second day between rebels and a pro-government militia in Congo's lawless east, but a wider cease-fire was holding around this provincial capital, U.N. officials and a rebel commander said. The latest clashes pit the Mai Mai militia against the rebels.
• Nov. 5: Rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda, seen as they head towards Mai Mai militias, near the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo. Heavy fighting erupted for a second day Wednesday between rebels and a pro-government militia in Congo's lawless east.
• Nov. 5: Congolese people displaced by the latest fighting seek refuge near the U.N. base in the village Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 5: Congolese people displaced by the latest fighting are seen near rebels as they leave the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 5: Congolese people displaced by the latest fighting seek refuge near the U.N. base in the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 5: Rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda, seen as they head towards Mai Mai militias, near the village of Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 5: A Congolese woman and children displaced by the latest fighting seek refuge near the U.N. base in the village of Kiwanja, north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 4: Children wait to receive packets of high energy biscuits at a clinic of the International Medical Corps, at a displaced people's camp, in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 4: A young boy is seen as people queue behind him to receive high energy biscuits at a clinic of the International Medical Corps, at a displaced people's camp, in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 4: Children plead with aid workers to get coupons that will allow them to receive high energy biscuits at a clinic of the International Medical Corps, at a displaced people's camp, in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Nov. 4: An aid worker tries to take packets of high energy biscuits from a boy, which he allegedly stole at a clinic of the International Medical Corps at a displaced people's camp, in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo.
• Oct. 31: Displaced people walk on the road as they return home near Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Thousands of war-weary refugees returned to the road Friday, taking advantage of a rebel-called cease-fire to try to reach home beyond the front lines of this week's battles in eastern Congo.
• Oct. 31: An United Nations soldier passes internally displaced people as he patrols a street in Goma, during a visit of the top U.S. envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, and Alan Doss, the top U.N. envoy in Congo.
• Oct. 31: A U.N soldier patrols a street in Goma during the visit of the top U.S. envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, and Alan Doss, the top U.N. envoy in Congo.
• Oct. 31: The top U.S. envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer,left, and Alan Doss, right, the top U.N. envoy in Congo great dignitaries as they arrive at Goma airport.
• Oct. 31: Congolese police officers guard the airport in Goma, during a visit of the top U.S. envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, and Alan Doss, the top U.N. envoy in Congo. Thousands of war-weary refugees returned to the the road Friday, taking advantage of a rebel-called cease-fire to try to reach home beyond the front lines of this week's battles in eastern Congo.
• Oct. 30: A Congolese soldier is followed by displaced people carrying their belongings as they pass in front of a United Nations armored vehicle outside their headquarters in Goma in eastern Congo. The Governor of Goma, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged Wednesday that panic was spreading, but stressed that U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and rebels had not yet entered the city.
• Oct. 30: A Congolese military speed boat patrols lake Kivu in Goma in eastern Congo. The Governor of Goma, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged Wednesday that panic was spreading, but stressed that U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and rebels had not yet entered the city.
• Oct. 30: United Nations soldiers patrol in Goma in eastern Congo. The Governor of Goma, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged Wednesday that panic was spreading, but stressed that U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and rebels had not yet entered the city.
• Oct. 30: Congolese tanks and thousands of displaced people stream into Goma in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees started streaming into the eastern provincial capital of Goma in the afternoon, impeded by army tanks, trucks and jeeps pulling back from the battle front.
• Oct. 29: Uruguayan United Nations soldiers play with children as they deploy to an observation post near the village of Kibati in eastern Congo. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo is stretched to the limit with an upsurge in fighting in the volatile east and needs more troops quickly.
• Oct. 29: Uruguayan United Nations soldiers deploy to an observation post near the village of Kibati in eastern Congo, Wednesday. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo is stretched to the limit with an upsurge in fighting in the volatile east and needs more troops quickly.
• Oct. 29: Uruguayan United Nations soldiers deploy to an observation post near the village of Kibati in eastern Congo. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo is stretched to the limit with an upsurge in fighting in the volatile east and needs more troops quickly.
• Oct. 29: Children eat bread and porridge at a makeshift camp for displaced people near the village of Kibati in eastern Congo. Bombs, rockets and mortar shells exploded in eastern Congo, and the Congolese army claimed it came under attack by troops from neighboring Rwanda.
• Oct. 29: Uruguayan United Nations soldiers deploy to an observation post near the village of Kibati in eastern Congo. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo is stretched to the limit with an upsurge in fighting in the volatile east and needs more troops quickly.
• Oct. 28: A Congolese army tank passes the airport of Goma in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continues between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
• Oct. 28: Congolese displaced boys stand at a gathering point for displaced people just outside of Goma in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continues between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
• Oct. 28: Displaced people try to fill water containers at a gathering point for displaced people in the village of Kibati in eastern Congo.Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continues between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
• Oct. 28: People stone United Nations peacekeepers in an APC as they pass through the village of Kibati north of Goma in eastern Congo, as people to vent their outrage at the failure of the U.N. to halt the rebellion. Some thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continues between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
• Oct. 28: United Nations soldiers and Congolese soldiers retreat from the front line near the village of Kibati north of Goma in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees are fleeing the fighting in eastern Congo while fighting continues between government forces and rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
• A major retreat of government forces being attacked by rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda
• A young girl rests next to the road as people flee fighting
• Indian United Nations soldiers drive past people fleeing fighting
• People carry their belongings as they flee fighting, near Kibumba
• Thousands of people flee a refugee camp
• Thousands of refugees and soldiers are fleeing fighting in eastern Congo
• A young girl carries her belongings as she flees fighting