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The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DROC, the DRC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and formerly Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is, by area, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, the second-largest in all of Africa, and the 11th-largest in the world. Wikipedia

Capital: Kinshasa

Dialing code: +243

President: Felix Tshisekedi

Population: 86.79 million (2019) World Bank

Currency: Congolese franc

Official language: French

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According to the Committee of Displaced People, on 12 and 13 November, about 13,000 displaced persons were registered in various displacement sites in Nyiragongo territory, North Kivu province, in the east. They fled attacks by the M23 armed group in Kibumba and Buhumba villages, north of Nyiragongo territory. They joined over 97,000 others who have been living in various displacement sites in Nyiragongo since March. People were also forcibly displaced in Tongo village in Rutshuru territory following recent clashes. As of 8 November, about 188,000 people have been displaced since the resumption of the fighting on 20 October.

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      Affected Persons
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        Displaced Persons

OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises.

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