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homes in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxes or violence? Armed group in DRC forces one village to choose

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Is a semblance of security worth the taxes that villagers are compelled to give the Mai Mai Mazembe armed group? Some in Miriki say yes, while many others have deserted their homes and left the region, at risk of going hungry.

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