Ben Affleck Tours Refugee Camps in Congo

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GOMA, Congo -- Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced nearly 300,000 people. The actor has visited the Central African country four times since 2007 and also has made a documentary about its problems.

"I'm not an expert in international affairs or diplomacy, but it doesn't take that to see the tremendous suffering here," he said Thursday in Goma.

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Ben Affleck Tours Refugee Camps in Congo

Years of sporadic violence in eastern Congo intensified in August, when fighting heated up between the army and fighters loyal to rebel lead...

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