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In eastern DRC, journalists face death, arson threats for reporting on war
Government-allied Wazalendo militiamen have threatened to kill or capture one reporter and to burn down another’s radio station because of unfavorable coverage, as frontlines shift under diplomatic pressure for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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(Photo: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere)
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