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Militants allied with the IS group in eastern Congo killed at least 41 people in North Kivu province, the national government said, as residents wondered why security forces were not protecting them.
The attacks were carried out by Allied Democratic Forces militants in the villages of Masala, Mahihi and Keme
Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country in Central Africa.
By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world.
The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center.
The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean.
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