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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A Zairian Tutsi rebel child soldier takes up a hidden position in foliage on Nov. 28, 1996, near Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1996年11月28日，靠近刚果(金)的戈马，一名扎伊尔图西族叛军娃娃兵在叶子中埋伏。

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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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Most recently, she worked on a report about killings in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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One example is a telephone hotline in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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She says fighting between government and Hutu rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in a great many children being killed and maimed.

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Muhammad Ali went to Africa in 1974, knocking out George Foreman in a fight in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) billed as the "Rumble in the Jungle" which became one of boxing's biggest upsets.

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