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BUNIA, CONGO - MARCH 22: A sign for the United Nations is seen March 22, 2006 in Bunia, Congo. Over 17,000 U.N. peace keepers are currently in the D.R. Congo, comprising the largest peace keeping mission in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country that loses an estimated 1,400 people per day due to war since 1998, is struggling to hold Presidential elections this summer. The volatile East of the country, which is situated hundreds of miles from the capital Kinshasa, has been the focal point of continued violence. Numerous militias and warlords have vied for control of the mineral rich eastern Congo for decades, creating instability and continued bloodshed. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

BUNIA, CONGO - MARCH 22:  A sign for the United Nations is seen March 22, 2006 in Bunia, Congo. Over 17,000 U.N. peace keepers are currently in the D.R. Congo, comprising the largest peace keeping mission in the world.  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country that loses an estimated 1,400 people per day due to war since 1998, is struggling to hold Presidential elections this summer. The volatile East of the country, which is situated hundreds of miles from the capital Kinshasa, has been the focal point of continued violence. Numerous militias and warlords have vied for control of the mineral rich eastern Congo for decades, creating instability and continued bloodshed.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)