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Baraka - The Democratic Republic of Congo city of Baraka - which means "lucky" in Swahili - ought to have been a paradise.
"The hope generated by independence was short-lived," sighed 65-year-old former traditional chief Theodore Fikiri, sitting in front of his humble home in the city in the country's volatile east. "After that there was nothing but war."
Fikiri was just 15 when Congo gained freedom from Belgium on 30 June, 1960, fuelling great hope across the sprawling, mineral-rich nation.
