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SLIDE SHOW Posted: February 13, 2008   
Democratic Republic of Congo: Toils of War FLASH VERSION
The Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa is striving to recover from a five-year interstate war and its aftereffects, including widespread poverty and disease. All photos are from the International Rescue Committee.
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Family in North Kivu Province, Since the official end of Congo's 1998-2003 war, lingering fighting in the East, poverty and disease have resulted in the deaths of 45,000 Congolese per month, according to a survey published in January 2008 by the International Rescue Committee in New York and the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia.
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Family in North Kivu Province
Since the official end of Congo's 1998-2003 war, lingering fighting in the East, poverty and disease have resulted in the deaths of 45,000 Congolese per month, according to a survey published in January 2008 by the International Rescue Committee in New York and the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia.
Photo Credit: International Rescue Committee
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