In shadow of conflict nearby, rebel upsurge hits Congo's Ituri


FILE PHOTO: Internally displaced Congolese people are seen at the Kigonze IDP camp in Bunia, Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Lorgerie

KIGONZE CAMP, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Marie Dzedza has lost hope of leaving a displaced people's camp and returning to her village in the eastern Congolese province of Ituri, where rebel violence is surging while regional attention focuses on a conflict in a neighbouring territory.

Five years ago, Dzedza lost both her hands in a machete attack during a raid by members of the CODECO group, one of several militias that have destabilised the densely forested province in Democratic Republic of Congo and forced 1.5 million to flee their homes since late 2017.

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