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KIBATI, Congo – Rebecca Nyiringindi scanned the sprawling refugee camp in eastern Congo, searching for just one person among the thousands of hungry and homeless.



"My mother's name is Alphonsine," the 10-year-old said softly, sucking her thumb. "She's short. She's very dark."



Rebecca was among more than 150 children searching for their parents Thursday in a camp in Kibati, just miles from where soldiers and Tutsi rebels guarded a tense front line, raising fears that… Continue

KIBATI, Congo – Rebecca Nyiringindi scanned the sprawling refugee camp in eastern Congo, searching for just one person among the thousands of hungry and homeless.



"My mother's name is Alphonsine," the 10-year-old said softly, sucking her thumb. "She's short. She's very dark."



Rebecca was among more than 150 children searching for their parents Thursday in a camp in Kibati, just miles from where soldiers and Tutsi rebels guarded a tense front line, raising fears that… Continue