Congo: August 3, 2005

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In southeastern Katanga province, fighting there was between the regular army and local Mayi-Mayi militiamen has caused some 15,000 civilians to flee their homes in the last three months. The UN does not have enough peacekeepers to deal with the Katanga violence, and the Congolese army is not strong enough to stop the militiamen.

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