WIDE as the gulf often is between a country’s economic potential and its citizens’ prosperity, it is rarely as gaping as in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

在国家的经济潜力和民众的富裕兴盛之间，常常存在着难以逾越的长堑，而除刚果共和国之外，很少在其他地方存在如此巨大的分歧。

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Nyiragongo is one of eight volcanoes on the borders of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, a region dense with tropical forests and famously home to rare mountain gorillas.

尼拉贡戈火山是位于卢旺达和乌干达边境大八座火山之一，这一热带雨林区居住着世界珍惜动物大猩猩。

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Baeni, 14, a child soldier from the Mai Mai, stands outside a school on Dec. 4, 2004, in Walikale district in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2004年12月4日，在刚果（金）的瓦利卡莱地区，来自迈迈的14岁娃娃兵贝尼（Baeni）站在学校外面。

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Violence and displacements of people were especially bad in Sudan,Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

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The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture says the disease is widely found in Gabon,Angola,Malawi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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It was named for the Ebola River in the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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One of the most geologically enigmatic regions of the continent is found in central Africa, which includes Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, although some progress has been made in the latter two countries, probably because of their currently high level of oil and mineral exploration.

UNESCO: EARTH SCIENCES FOR SOCIETY

Elements of these U.S. forces have deployed to forward locations in the LRA-affected areas of the Republic of South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic to enhance regional efforts against the LRA. These forces, however, will not engage LRA forces except in self-defense.

WHITEHOUSE: Letter from the President -- War Powers Resolution

Dressed in black and her hair loose around her face, the actress shared the stories of women she met in Kosovo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, who escaped the brutality of un-checked rape and abuse only to go on to roles as activists for the safety of other women in their communities.

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