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NAIROBI, KENYA - JANUARY 16: A woman collects her potatoes as tear gas rises during clashes on January 16, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. International mediators have attempted to unlock political gridlock in the East African nation which has lost 600…

NAIROBI, KENYA - JANUARY 17: A Kenyan man demonstrates in the Kibera slums on January 17, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. International mediators have attempted to unlock political gridlock in the East African nation which has lost 600 people in severe…

The funeral of Alexandrine Kabitsebangumi, eight months old, who died from Cholera in the Kibati camp outside Goma. Her family had fled the fighting between CNDP and Government forces. Conditions in the camp are desperate with tens of thousands…

Evelyne Kabitsebangumi, at the funeral of her family member, Alexandrine Kabitsebangumi, eight months old, who died from Cholera in the Kibati camp outside Goma. They had fled the fighting between CNDP and Government forces. Conditions in the camp…

FARDC soldiers shelter from the rain after a night of battles on the front line between CNDP and Government forces. Government soldiers often travel with their families and their first reaction when a town is attacked is to protect their wives and…

FARDC (Government) Troops lie in the road several kilometers outside Goma. They were killed in a firefight during the night with the CNDP. They are left as a message to the FARDC troops and the local community.

Madaline was beaten by the FARDC while she hid in the forest. They stole everything she had. She could not speak, but the doctors attending her said she had a seriously swollen abdomen and showed signs of being brutally raped. She is trapped in a…

Displaced in Kiwanja wait for food handouts from WFP. Many of these people have not had a decent meal in weeks due to the lack of access to food, due to the insecurity. Aid agencies could not access the regions due to fighting between Government…

Displaced who fled from Ishasha to Kiwanja try to build homes as CNDP attack the town. Scores of people were killed in Ishasha and thousands of people fled into Uganda to escape the fighting.

Displaced make camp in Goma after they fled fighting in Karuba and Mushake. Fighting rages between Government forces and General Nkunda in Karuba, Kivu Province DRC.