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Casualty: Innocent Kasereka had his neck slashed by members of the March 23 Movement. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP
FARDC

‘Living in fear’ in relentless battle for east DRC

The conflict has raged between rebels of the March 23 Movement and Congolese armed forces since late 2021

  • Alexis Huguet
4 min read
No vote: The election posters may be up but many people in eastern DRC haven’t received their voters’ cards. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP
PRESIDENT FELIX TSHISEKEDI

Ahead of DR Congo vote, people in volatile east feel abandoned

Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s

  • Alexis Huguet
4 min read
In DRC camps women face stark choice: hunger or rape. (Photo by Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
CAMPS

In DRC camps, women face stark choice: hunger or rape

Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into camps around the city of Goma, a crisis triggered by M23 rebels

  • Alexis Huguet
4 min read