Tag: Congo
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Watching catastrophe
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images via The New York Times The United Nations warned today of “humanitarian black holes” in the North Kivu region of Congo as continued fighting has forced aid agencies to halt operations in some areas. At a camp for internally displaced people, a girl huddled near a fire in…
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SPECIAL REPORT ON RWANDA: 1 Dies Every Minute
by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Tuesday, July 26, 1994 GOMA, Zaire – The skies here were darkened by aircraft yesterday bearing desperately needed food and medical supplies to Rwandan refugees dying at a rate of one per minute in the squalid camps below. But the water purifiers needed to combat the…