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UN satellite maps indicate damage at two IDP camps

An Indian sentry attached with the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo known under the acronym MONUC stands near the Mugunga Camp for internally-displaced people in the eastern DRC city of Goma on Nov. 4, 2008. The MONUC mission was been criticized for alleg Les Neuhaus/IRIN
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    UNOSAT has released satellite map assessments of two IDP camps in North Kivu, DRC. The camps are in Nyongera (Kiwanja Town) and Dumez (Rutshuru). The images indicate arson, shelter destruction and the possible impact of shelling.

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