Mick Jagger and Ben Affleck launch "Gimme Shelter" for DR Congo refugees...

Singer Mick Jagger and actor Ben Affleck have launched a short film to highlight the plight of 250,000 refugees in eastern DR Congo. 

The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, is hoping the Gimme Shelter film will help to raise $23m (£14.9m) to pay for emergency aid and clean water. 

The Affleck-directed film, set to the Stones song of the same name, was shot in the North Kivu region. 

Civilians there have fled fighting between Congolese soldiers and rebels. 

The UN estimates there are more than one million displaced people in the country. More...

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