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Residents watch a fashion show held by a local workshop called Kuliko Art in a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, Congo
Image: Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/IMAGOImage: Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/IMAGO

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Congo is a central African nation also known as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) whose capital is Kinshasa. It's the second-largest African country in terms of surface area with around 100 million inhabitants.

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