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Ethnic clashes in Ituri

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    Sources in contact with Ituri district in Province Orientale told IRIN on Wednesday that hundreds of homes had been burnt in the Djugu area due to conflict between the Hema and Lendu tribes since early June. Several people have been killed or wounded in the clashes, and displaced populations were reported to be heading towards the Lake Albert plain. The sources said RCD Ugandan and Congolese soldiers were involved in the violence. The pastoralist Hema and agriculturalist Lendu communities have
    fought over land resources several times since the 1960s, the sources added.

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