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< Location: Central Africa, east
of Democratic Republic of the
Congo
< Population: 11,055,976
< Ethnic groups: Hutu (Bantu)
84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa
(Pygmy) 1%
< Independence: 1 July 1962
(from Belgium-administered
UN trusteeship)
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< over ¼ million children have
been orphaned by AIDS
< Some children have lived
alone and take
responsibilities of their
siblings
< Children have been
traumatized by those scenes
< They have confronted several
problem such as education,
poverty and diseases