The situation in Ituri must be seen in the context four and a half years of civil war in Congo, which has involved the armies of six African countries. As part of that war, soldiers from neighbouring Uganda exacerbated rivalries in Ituri by favouring one side over the other. When the Ugandan troops withdrew as part of a peace deal to end the larger civil war, local Hema and Lendu militias went to war with each other.
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