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A group of internally displaced Congolese gather in the Mugunga III IDP camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 2, 2012.
UN refugee agency officials reported cases of looting and rape in an attack late on Saturday on a camp for people displaced by the fighting in eastern Congo, Agence France-Presse reports.
On Sunday people in the Mugunga III camp, which lies about six miles west of Goma and is home to up to 35,000 displaced people, lined up to receive food aid.
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"What is the point of all this food if there is no-one here to protect us, and to stop them coming back?" one resident of the camp asked.
Rebel fighters pulled out of Goma on Saturday, raising hopes regional peace efforts could advance negotiations to end the insurgency.
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A boy shelters from the rain under a truck in the Mugunga III IDP camp on December 2, 2012.
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A man unloads sacks of food aid at the Mugunga III camp on December 2, 2012.
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A boy is apprehended by a policeman after he was accused of stealing a bag of salt in the Mugunga III IDP camp on December 2, 2012.
Editor's note: The caption of the final photo was amended on December 3, 2012 after AFP - Getty Images issued a correction.
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"Displaced" doesn't sound as serious as fleeing or being driven from your home. These Congolese are refugees in their own country.
The rebels are nothing but filthy, raping, terrorist thugs. They have no motivation other than money. They have no mercy on anyone, not even children. I really wish the UN and others would stop trifling with these war criminals and do what really needs to be done, finally.
As previously reported, the Congo rebels really don't have a cause to rebel against. They merely like to shoot people, rape, extort and murder children because that way they can keep their cool camouflage uniforms and guns. Their promise to 'liberate' Goma fell short, because they have no idea how to govern or what to do once they capture a town other than to kill people, rape and extort money.