(Source: MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières) 25 January 2013- As tensions increase between government forces and Mai-Mai militias in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all parties to avoid harming civilians who have fled into the surrounding bush in their thousands. The exact extent of the displacement is hard to quantify, but most of the villages along the 115 km road from Shamwana to Dubie are empty, as are villages along the 70 km stretch between Shamwana and Mpiana. "Civilians risk being caught up in the fighting and mistaken for...
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