Once a week, displaced children in the Focus Congo camp in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo gather to play chess. The "Chess in the City" initiative seeks to break the cycle of violence in the DRC by occupying the minds of youngsters. Grace Kuria Kanja reports.
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Displaced children play chess to break the cycle of violence in DRC
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