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Roger Lemoyne

Redux/Alexia Foundation

Fataki, DR Congo August 2003. The body of a villager lies in the main road on the outskirts of Fataki, a Hema village that had been overrun and completely destroyed by Lendu militiamen in August 2003. The man had been bound and appeared to have been shot execution-style along with another villager nearby. Story Header, De-mobilization of Militias in Eastern Congo MONUC (the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission to the Congo) has given militias in the embattled Eastern Provinces of the DR Congo until April 1st to turn in their weapons and join the de-mobilization and re-integration program run by the UNDP (United Nations Development Program). Although the program had been in effect for months, there had been limited disarmament. Once the deadline had been set, a flood of militiamen, including child soldiers, suddenly entered the program.

Roger Lemoyne, "No title," in POYi Archive, Item #36661, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/36661 (accessed November 22, 2024).