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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Mednick and Ruth Alonga

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

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For Nelly Shukuru, there was no way out. The fighting that forced her from her home, the squalid conditions in the displacement camp in eastern Congo, the hunger, all felt inescapable. The 51-year-old planned to hang herself.

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