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Billeder af Congos vidt forgrenede folkemilits
Den Demokratiske Republik Congo har været udsat for kyniske koloniherrer og blodtørstige guerillaer, men nu har en gruppe af vrede borgere bevæbnet sig.
We Spoke to Frontline Photojournalist Lynsey Addario About Fear and Female Resilience
"At a certain point when you're being held hostage, you don't have power to do anything. The only power you have is to listen to your captors and do what they ask you to do."
Alice Seeley Harris' Photos Exposed the Horrors of Colonialism in the Congo
We talked to the director of the International Slavery Museum about how the power of shocking images can put an end to colonial rule.
This is What Happened When Akon Headlined the Peace One Day Concert in the Congo
Sound like an incongruous scene? Well now imagine Akon performing in a big plastic ball.
Can We Stop Rape Being Used As a Weapon of War?
I spoke to a rape survivor working towards that goal at last week's Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict summit.
This Week in Racism - The History of African Human Zoos in Europe
Artists in Norway built a recreation of the "Congo Village," a human zoo that attracted white patrons who were eager to gawk at tribal Africans held in captivity. Human zoos were a sad, but common attraction in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Humans Become More Honest When We're Pushed to Our Limits
According to Magnum photographer, Michael Christopher Brown.
Former Rebels in the Congo Are Getting Tired of Waiting for Peace
They've been held in government camps for two months; now they're getting antsy.
Unrest in Congo Is Spreading to the Rwandan Border
Congolese authorities blame Rwanda for the attacks.
The Time I Was Tied Naked to a Totem Pole by Congolese Soldiers
Things were pretty tense in Kinshasa when the Second Congo War kicked off.
Bush League Rebels
The greatest threat to security here are the rebels no one wants to talk about, M23.