Congolese soldiers patrol the town of Rutshuru in eastern Congo, 28 January 2009. Plans to integrate Tutsi rebels into Congo's army faltered before they could begin, underlining the challenges facing efforts to pacify the east despite renewed Congo-Rwanda co-operation.
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A woman carries her belongings through the bush after fleeing her home village in eastern Congo, 5 February 2009. Civilians have fled their villages ahead of several thousand Rwandan troops advancing westwards.
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Congolese villagers watch as Rwandan troops march through the village of Pinga in eastern Congo, 5 February 2009.
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A Rwandan soldier carries his weapon through the village of Pinga in eastern Congo, 5 February 2009.
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A woman takes shelter from the rain in the village of Kalenge, near the front line in eastern Congo, 4 February 2009.
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A woman walks through the rain under a banana leaf in the village of Kalenge near the front line in eastern Congo, 4 February 2009.
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A Congolese fighter from the pro-government Mai-Mai militia stands outside a hut in the village of Kalenge near the front line in eastern Congo, 4 February 2009.
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Prisoners are held in an overcrowded prison, many of them awaiting trial for various offenses, in Goma, eastern Congo, 30 January 2009. The prison was built for 150 people, but now holds 750, among them women, children and child soldiers.
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A woman walks through the rain in the village of Kalenge, near the front line in eastern Congo, 4 February 2009.
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A government soldier carries her infant on her back at Mushake in eastern Congo, 26 January 2009. Congolese Hutu rebels said earlier they had clashed for the first time with a Rwandan-Congolese force deployed to crush them and civilians expressed fears they would be caught up in the violence.
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