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Hunger and cholera threaten displaced people in the east of the DRC
Living near the road leading to Goma, the displaced are facing starvation and often have to "fight" for the meagre rations distributed by NGOs and the Congolese government.
Thousands of tiny makeshift shelters hug the road leading north out of Goma, a symptom of the vast humanitarian crisis gripping DR Congo's turbulent east.
Since late October, many tens of thousands of people have flocked towards the relative safety of the city, fleeing the advance of the M23 rebel group.
