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Sizeable population displacements

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    With persisting tensions in South Kivu and inter-ethnic clashes between the Hema and Lendu tribes in Ituri district of Province Orientale, there was considerable population displacement in both areas in the past two months, the humanitarian bulletin added. While many internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Shabunda and along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, "persisting tensions in Haut and Moyen Plateaux, in Katana and Walungu generate additional numbers of displaced
    and refugees", with an average 200 people a day moving into Tanzania, the report stated.

    Clashes between the Hema and Lendu uprooted an estimated 30,000 people in Province Orientale in July - more sporadic clashes are reported to be continuing - and some 50,000 IDPs were still in western parts of the region (Opala), in upper north (Dungu) and around Isiro, it added.

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