DRC: A Year of Survival

While the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains under the international spotlight, a year-old conflict in western DRC has disrupted lives and sowed the seeds for another long-term displacement crisis.

It’s been a year since armed violence erupted in DRC’s once-peaceful Mai-Ndombe region. Fuelled by conflict over land, customary laws and taxes, the violence spread to neighbouring Kwango and Kwilu Provinces, and to the outskirts of DRC’s capital, Kinshasa.

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