
The Chefferie IDP site, home to some 4,000 people, in the town of Kitchanga, North Kivu
Displaced persons stand in the rain at the Chefferie IDP site
A man constructs a shelter at Kahe IDP site in the town of Kichanga, North Kivu
The Chefferie IDP site, home to some 4,000 people, in the town of Kichanga, North Kivu
A mother and child, displaced by the conflict, rest in Mugunga 1 IDP site
Displaced children sit outside their makeshift homes in the Mugunga 1 IDP site, home to some 10,000 people, in Goma, North Kivu
A mother and child displaced by the violence sit outside their shelter in Kilolirwe IDP site
A woman who was raped by 2 CNDP soldiers waits to recieve treatment at a local medical unit. As with many rape victims her husbanb has since left
A woman who was raped by a CNDP soldier. Sexual violence has become systematic in DRC with the brutality of attacks often leaving the victims with severe damage to reproductive organs, resulting in multiple fistulas and incontinence
A woman who was raped by a government soldier recovers at Heal Africa hospital in Goma
UN food distribution at the Bulengo IDP site in Goma
Children are weighed at MSF’s mobile clinic before being testing for Malaria, in the remote village of Kashuga, North Kivu
A young boy suffering from Cholera lies in the International Medical Corps treatment site having been just admitted, at Bulengo IDP site
An area of Kichanga hospital is cordoned off by MSF in order to treat Cholera patients after an outbreak in the town’s IDP sites
Children from a nearby IDP site swim in a river running through the town of Kichanga
A FARDC soldier patrols the hills around the Mugunga IDP site, outside Goma
MONUC peacekeeping troops near the border with Rwanda
Riot police attempt to quell a protest by students in the city of Goma
Riot police on the streets of Goma after student protests over fees, one student died during the unrest Goma University
Young boys carry wooden guns through the streets of Kichanga
CNDP (National Congress for the Defence of the People) female soldiers loyal to General Nkunda
CNDP soldiers patrol the hills around General Nkunda’s base in Kilolirwe
General Laurent Nkunda gives doctrine training to CNDP (Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple) recruits at his hilltop base in Kilolirwe
FDLR soldiers cross a river on a bamboo bridge on trek to their jungle camp in North Kivu
An FDLR (Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda) soldier treks through the jungle with supplies
FDLR soldiers at a jungle camp on the North/South Kivu border
An FDLR soldier treks through rainforest in North Kivu