Millions flee bloodshed as Congo’s army steps up fight with rebels in east | World news | The Guardian
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Starving and sick, people living in the Democratic Republic of Congo are caught in a bloody cycle of violence and political turmoil
Jason Burke Masisi
Tue 3 Apr 2018 05.00 BST
A 22-old rebel soldier, wounded and now dying, in a hospital in Masisi, DRC.
A 22-old rebel soldier, wounded and now dying, in a hospital in Masisi, DRC. Photograph: Jason Burke for the Guardian
Justin Kapitu is dying. He does not know it yet, and the doctors treating the 22-year-old rebel fighter are unlikely to tell him soon, but his chances of surviving more than a few months are virtually non-existent.