Ben Affleck visits Congolese refugee camps

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For his fourth visit since 2007 to war-torn eastern Congo, Ben Affleck toured the refugee camps where at least 250,000 people have been displaced. The actor, who’s made a documentary about the country’s problems, told the Associated Press, “I’m not an expert in international affairs or diplomacy, but it doesn’t take that to see the tremendous suffering here. It’s not something that we as human beings can, in good conscience, ignore.” Ben, whose fellow celebrities have taken up the cause of Darfur, felt that he could make the most difference in the largely overlooked Congo. “I thought a lot of people are advocating on Darfur. I’d just be a very small log on a big fire,” he said. “I started getting interested in Congo and I thought, this is a place where I can have a really big impact.”
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