Congolese gather at an improvised displaced persons camp in Kibati, 15 miles north of the provincial capital of Goma, near where fighting was centered. (By Walter Astrada -- Getty Images)
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Congo Conflict Washington Post foreign correspondent Stephanie McCrummen discusses the escalation of the conflict in Congo.
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Humanitarian charity Doctors Without Borders updates a multimedia feature with eyewitness accounts, photos and video of people living through the crisis in eastern Congo.