Rusizi, Rwanda, Dec 17, 2025 (AFP) - Congo refugees recount death and chaos as war reignites

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Congolese refugees described neighbours being massacred and losing children in the chaos as they fled into Rwanda to escape a surge in fighting despite a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump. "I have 10 kids, but I'm here with only three. I don't know what happened to the other seven, or their father," Akilimali Mirindi, 40, told AFP in the Nyarushishi refugee camp in Rwanda's Rusizi district. Around 1,000 Congolese have ended up in......

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