TONGO, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 04: Refugees wait near their shelters in the village of Tongo, in the hills outside Goma, on November 4, 2008 in North Kivu province,Democratic Republic of Congo. Fighting has continued in the region occupied by rebel commander Laurent Nkunda, despite a ceasefire brokered last week, leaving outside observers fearful of 'another Rwanda tragedy' in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

TONGO, DR CONGO - NOVEMBER 04: Refugees wait near their shelters in the village of Tongo, in the hills outside Goma, on November 4, 2008 in North Kivu province,Democratic Republic of Congo. Fighting has continued in the region occupied by rebel commander Laurent Nkunda, despite a ceasefire brokered last week, leaving outside observers fearful of 'another Rwanda tragedy' in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  1. Severely malnourished Sadiki Basilaki, 9, receives a mug of milk at a catholic mission feeding center in Rutshuru, 70km (50 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 13, 2008. Malnutrition rates in Rutshuru, which has seen weeks of fighting between government soldiers and dissident Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda's rebels, are almost double emergency thresholds and aid workers are battling insecurity to deliver rations. The latest wave of fighting has worsened a humanitarian disaster that began in the 1990s. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly.

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