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People displaced by fighting in North Kivu (file photo). © Gratien Ira/IRIN

DRC: Security beefed up for North Kivu IDPs
Internally displaced people (IDPs) are still being abducted by armed groups for forced labour in several territories in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even as authorities beef up security in IDP camps, officials said.

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