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Human rights abuses and violence against civilians have been worsening in this former Belgian colony in central Africa. The military has been aggressively tracking down Hutu rebels, which has increased insecurity in the Eastern provinces. A survey by the Red Cross in 2009 showed that three-quarters of the population had been affected in some way by continuing armed conflict.