http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/china-gallery daily 0.75 2015-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164862528-1SS7S17XBHA6KCA39R6K/China_IMG_3882.jpg China Gallery Chinese Military walk in formation across Tiananmen Sqaure just seconds after they detained scores of people. A quiet square was transformed into a military operation as plain clothes and uniformed military converged on the group. Within seconds they were whisked away in vehicles and the plain clothes military moved off back into the crowds. It was unclear what the passive group were doing to be arrested. The signs in the background read “comprehensively push the building of a socialist economy, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological construction and party construction...” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164862528-1SS7S17XBHA6KCA39R6K/China_IMG_3882.jpg China Gallery Chinese Military walk in formation across Tiananmen Sqaure just seconds after they detained scores of people. A quiet square was transformed into a military operation as plain clothes and uniformed military converged on the group. Within seconds they were whisked away in vehicles and the plain clothes military moved off back into the crowds. It was unclear what the passive group were doing to be arrested. The signs in the background read “comprehensively push the building of a socialist economy, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological construction and party construction...” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435313568319-6SKV1ALARKSO1UQOUWID/image-asset.jpeg China Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164461213-AHAHYA2URUYMYT94SNE1/China_IMG_1513.jpg China Gallery Youngsters walk into a web bar in Beijing. The Internet is a popular source of information and entertainment, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435163743480-0HMXXT4B9RZZ6TWR5F74/China_IMG_0994.jpg China Gallery A paramilitary policeman stands guard near the underpass entrance to Tiananmen Square, the seat of power in China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164033548-EL3WJHX8HXA11G519LOR/China_IMG_1605.jpg China Gallery Rubble is all that remains of “ant tribe" enclave Tangjialing village on Beijing's far northwest where some 50,000 out-of-town graduates have found cheap housing in concrete blocks built by the village's 3,000 native dwellers. Many middle class white collar workers have flooded into Beijing to meet the demand for labour, but there are insufficient accommodations. Unauthorised blocks are built by unscrupulous developers and many of these white collar workers come to live in them. The government responds by regularly demolishing complete neighborhoods where these residences spring up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435163917775-O0ZJ3QARNFVSQ9XGNO8P/China_IMG_1506.jpg China Gallery The banner advises people in the web bar in central Beijing “Conduct the business within the rules, self-regulate and strive for excellence”. In order to surf, customers must have their photograph taken and they must register with the local authorities with their ID cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435163534830-BWRD33LFDLJRYFQFJ9RF/China_IMG_0685.jpg China Gallery A man cycles past his old home demolished by developers, shadowed by the new China Unicom building. The wall notice reads “DEMOLISH”. “This wall is unsafe. Do not come close.”They plan to build a new residence of tower blocks. for wealthy Chinese, with the original residents consigned to housing complexes on the outskirts of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435163755536-IX3YZ2JYN59654151KLK/China_IMG_0771.jpg China Gallery A man has his hair cut in a hutong--one of the hundreds of tree-lined alleys that make up the old city of Beijing. Just 15 years ago, Beijing had thousands of hutongs but most have been leveled to make way for giant property developments backed by wealthy entrepreneurs and Communist Party officials.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164262583-B0VX1LIFKBE6UYPMWBV3/China_IMG_2259.jpg China Gallery A customer sits in a bar on his mobile phone at Houhai, where nightspots and restaurants snake around lakes. Entertainment and tourism has created a boom in the bar and restaurant culture in China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164607984-3VSC59HI6O8D5VJ9MNKP/China_IMG_3955.jpg China Gallery A poster of Mao in Panjiayuan antiques and flea market, south Beijing. Although Mao's communist economic system has been supplanted by a free-wheeling market economy, the party that he helped bring to power still exercises uncontrolled power over the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164132075-GN7C2RSVBANKNWKHPG6C/China_IMG_2016.jpg China Gallery Young men surf the web in an Internet cafe in Beijing. The internet is creating a huge need for information in China. Many play online games and spend hours if not days at the computer. Addiction is an increasing problem amongst the young. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435163515313-J2SYGPVM2R5EEN0TLIF0/China_IMG_0413.jpg China Gallery Shoppers walk past a Dior shop in the centre of Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest markets for luxury goods, even while hundreds of millions live in absolute poverty, giving rise to one of the largest wealth discrepencies in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164987623-ZRS4IFXMVJUULPI4US4O/China_IMG_4630.jpg China Gallery Young people surf the internet together in an internet bar in a surburb of Baoding, Hebei province. Internet is creating a huge need for information in China. Although the Internet is a force for change in China, it is also used effectively by the government to monitor social concerns. As in many countries, much use is also taken up with online gaming and other forms of entertainment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164337703-WBXQBGS1FF0DDVWYYFZI/China_IMG_2265.jpg China Gallery Young musicians ready themselves for a night entertaining in a bar in Houhai, a popular nightspot around the lakes in central Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164478011-PM9VTR4AE6K7X1953OG3/China_IMG_2510.jpg China Gallery Local Muslims pray at Friday prayers at Niujiu Mosque or Ox Street Mosque, Beijing’s largest. China has 56 ethnic groups, many in its border regions. In recent years these have suffered from riots against perceived discrimination by the ethnic Chinese, or "Han," majority. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435165556706-BAPMCGKWSVLH8XGTAT5H/China_IMG_4372.jpg China Gallery The rules and regulations outlining the single child policy are written on a wall in Dong Ci village, near Zhuozhou town in Hebei province. It outlines the names of the families who have given birth and kept or broken the rules. Chinese families are generally limited to one child per family to limit population growth. There are some people who decide to have more than one child and they are subject to a fine of several months wages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164927118-MBE1P70FODB2OV1UH33J/China_IMG_4504.jpg China Gallery A picture of a future development is advertised in the offices of a development company in Zhuozhou town, Hebei province. Increasing wealth has led to huge developments in the areas surrounding Beijing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435164513054-SNIJEG7XYQOJX70QQNE2/China_IMG_3262.jpg China Gallery Red star over China, a projection of the national flag on an enormous screen which runs across the top of a walkway at The Place, a mega shopping mall in Beijing’s central business district. It’s said to be the largest LED screen in Asia. The area is home to shops for high class designers and provides a great backdrop for Beijing citizens to walk and play in the evening. http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/agro-gallery daily 0.75 2015-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057270888-MGTC8RZ89AFQK4NAU0OD/001_Fotografiska_16052013_07759.jpg Agro Gallery Farmers in Zambia work together with COMECO to grow ground nuts to be used in the production of Peanut Butter. Previously many of them were poachers who hunted to sustain their families, but they remained impoverished. Coordinating with COMECO has allowed them new ability to generate wealth and also stop poaching. This dual action interventionby COMECO is changing farming life in this region of Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057270888-MGTC8RZ89AFQK4NAU0OD/001_Fotografiska_16052013_07759.jpg Agro Gallery Farmers in Zambia work together with COMECO to grow ground nuts to be used in the production of Peanut Butter. Previously many of them were poachers who hunted to sustain their families, but they remained impoverished. Coordinating with COMECO has allowed them new ability to generate wealth and also stop poaching. This dual action interventionby COMECO is changing farming life in this region of Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435311550401-HRIVQTE0FD8JY4BHE9G5/image-asset.jpeg Agro Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057296312-6T01O999DUQA7L1KFEOK/002_Fotografiska_12052013_04193.jpg Agro Gallery Anne is a coordinator and farmer with one acre in Kenya. The organisation does research into the best crops to plant on certain regions and at certain times of year and they pass that knowledge with the correct seedlings and fertilizers to the farmers. this allows smarter farming to increase yeilds for the farmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057328590-ZU7F56ZBV3OZFS9U2OVS/003_Fotografiska_14052013_06737.jpg Agro Gallery The grandmother of Joe who was orphaned when his parents died. She has taken care of him and put him through school by providing the stocks for Afrimac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057366721-K233JDDU85BWRYYUDK82/004_Fotografiska_12052013_04125.jpg Agro Gallery John the son of Mamma Anne looks at the view from their porch. Anne is a coordinator and farmer with one acre in Kenya. The organisation does research into the best crops to plant on certain regions and at certain times of year and they pass that knowledge with the correct seedlings and fertilizers to the farmers. this allows smarter farming to increase yeilds for the farmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057428833-MTFU4YHD5O593ABH4GC6/005_Fotografiska_09052013_01009.jpg Agro Gallery A mother and daughter work to extract water to help irrigate their crops. Several years ago, she invested in a water pump supplied by KickStarter and that allowed the family to increase the size of their harvest more then ten fold. The family at the time was poor and in bad health and none of their children went to school. Now they have 10 acres under management, they own 15 cows and they send their children to boarding school. The pump has been instrumental in their changing lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057453612-RY75POU1FZ5XMJCIRB43/006_Fotografiska_14052013_06317.jpg Agro Gallery A mother prepares food for her family on a farm supported by Afrimac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057609644-PY6JXCB7KYUPLPRP0YO4/007_Fotografiska_14052013_06640.jpg Agro Gallery Joe works on the farm before school to feed the livestock. He lives here with his grandmother after his parents died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057672557-KI08DTGU4V0V8FQG4GVD/008_Fotografiska_16052013_06989.jpg Agro Gallery Farmers in Zambia work together with COMECO to grow ground nuts to be used in the production of Peanut Butter. Previously many of them were poachers who hunted to sustain their families, but they remained impoverished. Coordinating with COMECO has allowed them new ability to generate wealth and also stop poaching. This dual action interventionby COMECO is changing farming life in this region of Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057637397-R5PTW14SBBK3636IH2HL/009_Fotografiska_11052013_03879.jpg Agro Gallery Children play in the evening at the farm. Anne is a coordinator and farmer with one acre in kenya. The organisation does research into the best crops to plant on certain regions and at cvertain times of year and they pass that knowledge with the correct seedlings and fertilizers to the farmers. this allows smarter farming to increase yeilds for the farmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057849592-3ZB92JOTQHKMIDVFNIPJ/013_Fotografiska_17052013_08403.jpg Agro Gallery His Royal Highness the Honorable Cheif Nyalugwe is a coordinator for the farmers. Farmers in Zambia work together with COMECO to grow ground nuts to be used in the production of Peanut Butter. Previously many of them were poachers who hunted to sustain their families, but they remained impoverished. Coordinating with COMECO has allowed them new ability to generate wealth and also stop poaching. This dual action interventionby COMECO is changing farming life in this region of Zambia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435310355716-T5CPME6MALGFBN8MOZKQ/014_Fotografiska_13052013_04795.jpg Agro Gallery Afrimac is a Macadamia nut factory on the outskirts of Nairobi. It receives funds from Root Capital to buy the nuts it needs from the farmers at the start of the season thus guaranteeing the supply and guaranteeing the livelihood of thousands of farmers. This working capital has transformed the lives of farmers in addition to allowing the factory to expand and hire more workers. It is the financing of this - missing middle, as root capital calls them, that is the key to developing nations success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057725855-WZDH7GJLROL9TK5L54FH/011_Fotografiska_14052013_06818.jpg Agro Gallery A young student waits for her brother on her farm so they can walk to school together. The funds the family make supplying Afrimac allow them to support their families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435057711203-5UJY44UWTWFH818GT6ZY/012_Fotografiska_16052013_07529.jpg Agro Gallery Farmers taking a break and playing Soccer. Farmers in Zambia work together with COMECO to grow ground nuts to be used in the production of Peanut Butter. Previously many of them were poachers who hunted to sustain their families, but they remained impoverished. Coordinating with COMECO has allowed them new ability to generate wealth and also stop poaching. This dual action interventionby COMECO is changing farming life in this region of Zambia. http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/child-marriage-gallery daily 0.75 2015-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070386784-6B4EFVYK41LDQW70695J/001__12A3806_MB_HRW_FGM_08082014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Mount Meru Kilimanjaro and Jane a survivor of FGM   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070386784-6B4EFVYK41LDQW70695J/001__12A3806_MB_HRW_FGM_08082014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Mount Meru Kilimanjaro and Jane a survivor of FGM   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435311992481-PUGI35I9QALJOUU8B1IC/image-asset.jpeg Child Marriage Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070383757-U6AYGJY0K35XI0QZ7NGZ/002__12A2492_MB_HRW_FGM_08052014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Kwangu Ihela at school in Idukilo primary school. She was expelled when they found out she was pregnant. She lost the baby at 7 months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070395832-0033C772A2PO63FR8KHQ/003__12A1992_MB_HRW_FGM_08022014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery N forced into marriage at 10 years old, now 12. "One day I heard from my grandmother that they wanted to cut me and send me to my husband. I was staying with my grandmother from my mother’s side, then one day they called me and told me, “get prepared you are going to be mutilated and taken to your husband, no more school for you.” I was in standard 2. I cried and ran away to my teacher. My teacher told me to remain with her and she would go call my grandmother and others to come and discuss the issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070414494-T0VSKCUPJ59IZ71QI4G1/004__12A3006_MB_HRW_FGM_08062014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Daily routine at home with Regina Sumaya a victim of child marriage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070459092-LABA4KWI2LXGVJSZOZPU/006__12A3148_MB_HRW_FGM_08072014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Therezia Hendry was married at 11 and fled her marriage after her husband found another woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070483946-3KFWV1F3LBIXW6DUSVFA/007__12A3380_MB_HRW_FGM_08072014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Genoveva Edward a victim of child marriage, fled after her husband started beating her. He later died and now she lives back with her mother. Her father forced her into marriage but he also passed away.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070508983-N7EUZP6S4RAJJJRA1WT7/008__12A3570_MB_HRW_FGM_08072014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Agape Knowledge and Training Centre (AKTC) and Rehema Juma at that centre. She was found to be pregnant and expelled from school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070513969-KVA9R6WVDMX5QFMILMAI/014__12A2984_MB_HRW_FGM_08062014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Daily routine at home with Regina Sumaya a victim of child marriage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070573802-2EBVJJYOGDPTKN3FIRZF/015__12A4016_MB_HRW_FGM_08092014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Taking Naomi Home for two weeks meeting Massai parents and family. Her family were trying to make her marry when she was 11 so the local leaders took her to a boarding school, away from her family. She can visit in the holidays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070538493-FEO1GP85B2IEHS4CNTFA/016__12A3832_MB_HRW_FGM_08092014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Simanjiro, Tanzania, an area where Child Marriage and FGM is very common. The remoteness of the communities makes it very difficult to monitor the issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435070571562-VY3VHK2BZR29KWCXNPE4/017__12A4268_MB_HRW_FGM_08112014.JPG Child Marriage Gallery Portraits of Masai leaders who are committed to stopping FGM and child marriage in their community. http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/tanzania daily 0.75 2015-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068865927-1SV2CKKEUXEV75WVKGS3/001_IMG_4242.jpg Tanzania Gallery Kekomwanga is one of the poorest slums in Dar es Salaam. It is the center for most of the drug use and also most of the Chronic TB patients live here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068865927-1SV2CKKEUXEV75WVKGS3/001_IMG_4242.jpg Tanzania Gallery Kekomwanga is one of the poorest slums in Dar es Salaam. It is the center for most of the drug use and also most of the Chronic TB patients live here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435312398139-OAGWWSFX9838NEEJQIU0/image-asset.jpeg Tanzania Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068864924-TKX1ZTFVF6XZ572QTUSL/002_IMG_4335.jpg Tanzania Gallery Sakina Daudi 40 years old has HIV and TB. She has given birth to 3 children and none have the HIV virus. She has been treated for TB and is still on ARVs and is very positive about the future. She believes that neither disease is a death sentence and life can be lived as normal if you treat it correctly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068892622-Q8QQQLR43XNIENZCSUOZ/003_IMG_1989.jpg Tanzania Gallery Hadija Athuman 38 years old has HIV and now TB. She has lost an enourmous amount of weight and as she is so sick, she can not work to get the money to buy food. Her daughter and mother care for her, but neither work. Poverty is one of the principle causes of TB continuance and it is a difficult illness to overcome if the patient does not get access to good food and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068948932-DHQ0PLSTMKJ9TIIPRZ9W/007_IMG_1960.jpg Tanzania Gallery A random HIV testing in Dar es Salaam. People who are concerned can meet with the doctors, receive councilling and also have an HIV test. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068969662-6DOHJMVKNFBALCPC2VOS/009_IMG_2392.jpg Tanzania Gallery Halima Ally Chaurembo, 66 years old has not been able to walk since 2009. She has HIV and TB and is treated at home by Pasada nurses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068985513-58FRQOFDIZTBY3CDMM51/012_IMG_0609.jpg Tanzania Gallery Flora Cosmas, 22 years old has HIV and TB. She has just been diagnosed for the first time with TB and will start the drugs immediately. She was too sick to attend the clinic, so she will be nursed from home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435068994812-XWZVKQCYXF0L0QCE3SIY/013.5_IMG_2823.jpg Tanzania Gallery An assistant checks the X-rays in the lab before distribution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435069004340-7TOWXKMUOD48V716IIVC/014_IMG_2563.jpg Tanzania Gallery A patient at the main TB hospital in Dar es Salaam arrived very sick and weak. After confirming she had TB, the clinic also tested for HIV and she was found to be positive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435069025354-6FWVNNMXT0DJ3WKR1QWM/018_IMG_3456.jpg Tanzania Gallery Drug use in Dar es Salaam is one of the main sources of HIV transmission. There are few needles and uses always share. Heroin is $10 a hit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435069038002-YZ7GWOMW02HMAJKXDFM3/019_IMG_3627.jpg Tanzania Gallery Drug use in Dar es Salaam is one of the main sources of HIV transmission. There are few needles and uses always share. Heroin is $10 a hit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435069078961-N5AKO1W0ADLZW2FM4FF1/020_IMG_4133.jpg Tanzania Gallery The main TB hospital Temeke in Dar es Salaam outside the TB ward. The nurses and doctors see 100 patients a day and TB infections in Tanzania are estimated to be with 60% of the population. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435069075396-7DAT8K0RFW0TWME4MF5R/021_IMG_3665.jpg Tanzania Gallery Abubakar Ali 37 years old was a heroin user he has HIV and TB. Drug use in Dar es Salaam is one of the main sources of HIV transmission. There are few needles and uses always share. Heroin is $10 a hit. http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2015-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168721692-JA03YBU67QGALCOSIZ1L/ROAN_003.jpg The Rape of a Nation Bonded workers crush rocks in Mongbwalu, eastern Congo. Whole families work in slave conditions for warlords, controlling huge amounts of land, where gold is extracted to finance their military campaigns. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168721692-JA03YBU67QGALCOSIZ1L/ROAN_003.jpg The Rape of a Nation Bonded workers crush rocks in Mongbwalu, eastern Congo. Whole families work in slave conditions for warlords, controlling huge amounts of land, where gold is extracted to finance their military campaigns. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168725454-I29MIX0Z8F74XTPVJRLC/ROAN_005.jpg The Rape of a Nation Gold miners pack up in the evening to return to their camp. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168728648-B1US9IBZ08KUV0BLEE6C/ROAN_006.jpg The Rape of a Nation A child gold miner in Watsa, northeastern Congo. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168730592-3PKEVQWNURY74C1U611O/ROAN_010.jpg The Rape of a Nation The soldiers of General Mathieu Ngudjolo, just outside the town of Bunia. The militia leader claimed to control the combined forces of the Movement for the Revolution of Congo. The general has since been indicted by the International Criminal Court. The charges include murder, sexual slavery and using children under the age of fifteen as frontline fighters. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168732909-591ILFV330LNCG16IBWN/ROAN_015.jpg The Rape of a Nation Diamond dealers buy stones in Mbuji-Mayi, Congo’s diamond centre. Many dealers become pastors in order to use religious influence to convince their congregation to join the diamond trade. Approximately three million people live in the diamond town, where most agriculture has ceased and been replaced by the diamond rush. 2005   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168737860-T0NDCJKZBG194GIRQBCJ/ROAN_027.jpg The Rape of a Nation Soldiers of the UPC militia wait for orders in Bule, northeastern Congo. 2003   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168739493-LW01S03L48VV33YML288/ROAN_030.jpg The Rape of a Nation A child soldier with the Mayi-Mayi militia waits in Kanyabyonga as CNDP rebels advance. He was recruited while young men in the area were being abducted by the rebel forces. He didn’t want to be forced to fight, so he volunteered with the Mayi-Mayi. 2008   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168753234-5UHB6L7G3SCCAXJX2KJ5/ROAN_031.jpg The Rape of a Nation A child soldier rides back to his base in Ituri district, northeastern Congo. 2003   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168746917-A85BM5FV0WB6QRWJC45Y/ROAN_042.jpg The Rape of a Nation Refugees flee south after a rebel attack on Bule and Fataki, northeastern Congo. 2003   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168752787-2MQMNO2P80CXETC05I58/ROAN_045.jpg The Rape of a Nation Displaced people who fled from the villages of Ishasha to Kiwanja build makeshift homes in front of the UN compound as CNDP rebels attack the town. 2008   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168762406-NU487EW3Z8DOS9FWAWKD/ROAN_046.jpg The Rape of a Nation Displaced people in Kiwanja village wait for food handouts from the World Food Program. 2008   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168764141-H8XRGNPT36WCJ76QC4R3/ROAN_047.jpg The Rape of a Nation Displaced people make camp in Goma after fleeing fighting in Karuba and Mushake villages. A battle rages between government forces and General Nkunda’s rebels in Karuba, North Kivu province. 2008   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168768978-1DSDSPIFNM834DQMA2LV/ROAN_048.jpg The Rape of a Nation Opangi Molati, five, in Tchomia camp after being displaced by nearby fighting. Around 30,000 displaced people live in this area with limited supplies and virtually no international help. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168770518-83B2569ZBVI7HZU7NN6R/ROAN_049.jpg The Rape of a Nation An early-morning religious service in the Gety displaced camp, just days before the historic 2006 elections. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168774842-X183RPNOWHM1F8EEOKU4/ROAN_062.jpg The Rape of a Nation Displaced people bring back water to their camp in Goma after fleeing fighting in Karuba and Mushake. Fighting rages between government forces and rebels in Karuba, North Kivu province.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168777722-PCWT4ECNLJTPP7LLJ21P/ROAN_065.jpg The Rape of a Nation A destroyed pharmacy in the bush, ransacked and torched by militia a month earlier, is testament to the health crisis in Congo. The lack of access to health care is the main cause of death in Congo’s brutal conflict, which has killed over 5.4 million people. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241195199-6W9K5L10P798ZI7AYCQV/ROAN_066.jpg The Rape of a Nation Children at a centre for street kids in Kinshasa. Many children are made homeless after being accused of being sorcerers when a family suffers bad luck and economic hardship. 2005   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241191698-N3WY6IXKK1L2E5BWCJWI/ROAN_067.jpg The Rape of a Nation Displaced people are treated in the Catholic mission near Gety camp. The mission hospital was looted by government soldiers during fighting. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241206230-DO2TA4ICDKJAV1Y9K26A/ROAN_068.jpg The Rape of a Nation A gold miner suffering from tuberculosis in Mongbwalu, northeastern Congo, is left to fend for himself in a sanatorium. Most of the miners in this region are combatants who have controlled mineral-rich areas and are profiting from resource exploitation. Others are bonded workers forced by soldiers to mine for little reward. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241200278-ULX7O0OOEK4II8FT7UV5/ROAN_078.jpg The Rape of a Nation Police brace themselves for a riot in front of Jean-Pierre Bemba’s residence. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241216259-JB4OY674ZXK8KUOFPYMK/ROAN_083.jpg The Rape of a Nation The body of a government soldier lies in the road several kilometres outside Goma, killed in a fire-fight against CNDP rebels during the night. The dead are often left in the roads as a message to the government troops and the local community. 2008   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241213561-SR86LNTC7ZXIPMJ6XB92/ROAN_086.jpg The Rape of a Nation Displaced people fish in the evening on the Congo River outside Nyonga, Katanga province. 2005   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241219792-5B106Z7YEGMLS3ZU9LOA/ROAN_087.jpg The Rape of a Nation The funeral of ten-month-old Mapenzi Boloma who died from diarrhoea and vomiting a few days after arriving in the Gety camp. She was one of eighteen people who died that day, just before the historic elections in Congo. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241223792-3OJRU3HASOEKVT4U021T/ROAN_090.jpg The Rape of a Nation The family of Androzo Masumbuko, forty, mourn his death from tuberculosis. He’d been sick for four years and died after having to march through the bush to flee fighting near Gety. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241223497-EW9GO4OAYSOEPFO1TDCF/ROAN_091.jpg The Rape of a Nation Mapenzi Boloma, ten-months-old, died from diarrhoea and vomiting several days after arriving in the Gety camp. She was one of eighteen people who died that day, just before Congo’s historic elections. 2006   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168792177-KUCEVFYHFXU876CB5MY2/ROAN_095.jpg The Rape of a Nation The coffin arrives for the burial of eight-month-old Sakura Lisi, the daughter of a gold miner in Mongbwalu, northeastern Congo. She died from anaemia brought on by malaria. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241228176-MPMCJLFFLLV3I06B6R17/ROAN_097.jpg The Rape of a Nation The washing of the body at the burial of the eight-month-old Sakura Lisi, the daughter of a gold miner in Mongbwalu, northeastern Congo. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435168788711-5VWV6UXKWE1EI1BKCGWS/ROAN_100.jpg The Rape of a Nation The burial of the eight-month-old Sakura Lisi, the daughter of a gold miner in Mongbwalu, northeastern Congo. 2004   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435241231513-FLYA8ASLKXMFFL88FPHL/ROAN_099.jpg The Rape of a Nation http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/video daily 0.75 2019-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204441096-1KN9NEXP724MCKI6XMTG/image-asset.jpeg video - Farming Out of Poverty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503049332414-H8O3PF5F8MPGU20ZIL0D/022.jpg video - Central African Republic Conflict Video covering four years of the conflict in the Central African Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204441096-1KN9NEXP724MCKI6XMTG/image-asset.jpeg video - Farming Out of Poverty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204278553-UAA3NTTW5L5557GA0KV7/image-asset.jpeg video - Dear Obama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204668976-Y6LVYH79T4YUUY3CBZE1/image-asset.jpeg video - Child Labour In The US Tobacco Industry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204767397-3YMP0CNAG3MGCWZ5T2ET/image-asset.jpeg video - We Can Win - HIV and TB in Tanzania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204959689-BCW8I8UD2BDKT633TK17/image-asset.jpeg video - The Roots of Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157063637-9VPR7LXXXVRZPXGLBJD4/image-asset.jpeg video - MARCUS BLEASDALE: AVOIDING PHOTOGRAPHIC DANGERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435205081147-DRDTBYB6MPTOXU8VUGQS/image-asset.jpeg video - COMACO Transformed Poachers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157068297-448YAYPSL1AM56H9G237/image-asset.jpeg video - MARCUS BLEASDALE: AVOIDING PHOTOGRAPHIC DANGERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435204109808-LULR0CZ8591IG58XYTZG/image-asset.jpeg video - Djibouti: Frustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435203547611-J3NNQHZXV4W3G7EAIF9F/image-asset.jpeg video - National Geographic Proof: Marcus Bleasdale on Shock and Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435203894789-CANR58BBGJJAR6VJE84U/image-asset.jpeg video - Marcus Bleasdale Addresses The Skoll World Forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1571984706042-QXR4X7P0O9M7BQKCAEA3/HRW_Mozambique_04242019_00826.jpg video - Albanism in Mozambique Children with albinism face insecurity and significant obstacles to accessing quality education in the Tete province of Mozambique. Human Rights Watch found children living with albinism in the central Mozambican province of Tete to be widely discriminated against, stigmatised, and often rejected at school, in the community, and, at times, by their own families. They struggle to overcome barriers such as insecurity, bullying, and lack of reasonable adjustments in the classroom, which violates their right to education. Although the Mozambique government has taken important steps to better protect the rights of children with albinism, it needs to do more to ensure equal access to education. “Children with albinism have the same right as everyone else to a quality education with reasonable support to facilitate their learning,” said Shantha Rau Barriga, disability rights director at Human Rights Watch. “Yet many children with albinism in Tete are relegated to the margins of the education system, and of society as a whole.” http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/whaling-gallery daily 0.75 2016-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062828551-1S1TD45TFJ0EVFLH3YIA/MM8152_130506_11294.jpg Whaling Gallery Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062828551-1S1TD45TFJ0EVFLH3YIA/MM8152_130506_11294.jpg Whaling Gallery Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058345783-MSAUCIFSXBPTE3L2EJ8A/046_MM8152_120523_00132.jpg Whaling Gallery Eilert Nilsen on board the boat the Nordfangst. The mountains of Moskenes reflected in the window. They are hunting whale in the Vestfjorden in Northern Norway. Each year they will catch about 20-30 whale.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058437227-AYXEWU5O6Y07OJZT0Y0N/057_MM8152_120605_03094.jpg Whaling Gallery Eilert and Raymond Nilsen on board the boat the Nordfangst. They are hunting whale in the Vestfjorden in Northern Norway. Each year they will catch about 20-30 whale.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058419670-2HWOMP8ZMC8F4ZZ82Z0R/055_MM8152_120605_02805.jpg Whaling Gallery Eilert and Raymond Nilsen on board the boat the Nordfangst. They are hunting whale in the Vestfjorden in Northern Norway. Each year they will catch about 20-30 whale.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058447950-OM0PGFU9UQ14A1QB6395/058_MM8152_120605_03299.jpg Whaling Gallery Eilert and Raymond Nilsen on board the boat the Nordfangst. They are hunting whale in the Vestfjorden in Northern Norway. Each year they will catch about 20-30 whale.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058459822-K1MEI12JLY88DTQSF9IB/062_MM8152_120615_06368.jpg Whaling Gallery The crew scrubs the decks after putting the whale meat on ice on the Jan Bjørn captained by Jan Kristiansen. Jan is the end of his generation and will not be passing his skills on to anyone else in his family. He mostly whales with the locals from his village of Lødingen and many people help in the holidays. He does not have a permanent crew but has many regulars who help out. On this trip he was accompanied by Georg Waage, Martin Hansen and his son Marius Hansen who is studying psychology at university in northern Norway.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062834322-10GIVTJOMIB4NO2YIDXH/MM8152_130506_11297.jpg Whaling Gallery Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway. Jan Bjørn the captain readies to butcher the whale on board.Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway. Jan Bjørn the captain readies to butcher the whale on board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062775826-FGXXRHNV45HVMRVOJHLJ/064_MM8152_120616_06816.jpg Whaling Gallery The crew take the dried whale meat down into the hold on the Jan Bjørn captained by Jan Kristiansen. Jan is the end of his generation and will not be passing his skills on to anyone else in his family. He mostly whales with the locals from his village of Lødingen and many people help in the holidays. He does not have a permanent crew but has many regulars who help out. On this trip he was accompanied by Georg Waage, Martin Hansen and his son Marius Hansen who is studying psychology at university in northern Norway.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062803134-0VIHVJCLUR4R9TWCB1R3/MM8152_130506_11280.jpg Whaling Gallery The crew of the boat of Stortinn fight during a storm to get the nets out. It is essential to brave these storms in order to meet quotas. If fishermen fail to meet their quotas they will face them being cut in the future.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062792638-QUDKGMZR4XT93NX56JMQ/MM8152_130506_11279.jpg Whaling Gallery Boats arrive late in the evening at Glea Factory on Røst. They prepare the fish for the factories either on the boat or on land and the seagulls fly trying to catch the scraps for food. Workers at the factory prepare to receive the boats on the quay.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062796241-2LFAWZ7FG6WIBC3MB320/MM8152_130506_11282.jpg Whaling Gallery Raymond Nilsen on the boat with his father Eilert, both whalers, early in the morning readying to retrieve nets during the cod season. Eilert and Raymonds boat is one of just 3 whaling boats left in this community. Only 3 young men have decided to stay and be fishermen in the past 15 years, only one has decided to be a whaler in 17 years from this community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062811784-DFXD2NZYY2ZG7KM8IAVZ/MM8152_130506_11285.jpg Whaling Gallery Raymond Nilsen on the boat with his father Eilert, both whalers, early in the morning readying to retrieve nets during the cod season. Eilert and Raymonds boat is one of just 3 whaling boats left in this community. Only 3 young men have decided to stay and be fishermen in the past 15 years, only one has decided to be a whaler in 17 years from this community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058349503-5VF7E95V40MIHDQYPZJ8/035_MM8152_120602_01404.jpg Whaling Gallery The confirmation at 14 years is a big event in Norway and these children will be the next generation to leave the island. They are Mariel Karlsen, Monika Sanja Johnsen, Natalia Hansen, Jonas Jørgensen, Julianne Eide.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435058361264-KBXOHZZ1HJYE196TEYR2/050_MM8152_120602_01752.jpg Whaling Gallery An Egyptian worker Mohammed for Røst Sjømat takes down the cod from hanging drying on Røst. the cod will be shipped to Europe for use in soups and baccalao, mostly in Italy and Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062784838-3JIOFIDX3J8HCSWJPJ1E/068_MM8152_120609_04526.jpg Whaling Gallery An abandoned home near Grundstad, Lofoten. Inside luggage and clothes remain as if the owner were about to return any moment. The windows and curtains are rotting slowly and the outside has been stripped of any paint. Found opposite the intersection of the streets of Grundstadveien and Hellarhaugen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062783785-ABA8G2D8OVNRPSK1MHEB/071_MM8152_120617_09368.jpg Whaling Gallery Ulf Christian, Monica and their daughter Aurora who is leaving the island this year to go to school on the mainland on Skrova after their graduation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435062791054-PYGXDMRJYPRCTMPER6SV/MM8152_130506_11276.jpg Whaling Gallery The old and derelict sheep house built by the pettersen family in the early 1900s for protecting the sheep in a storm lies in the north of the island at Røstlandet. At one time the whole community would have sheep to feed the family and make wool, but now only 3 families own sheep on the island. http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/the-price-of-precious daily 0.75 2015-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082829172-BMZ9WO6P86X1O7EXKWUY/022_MM8226_130308_03651.jpg The Price of Precious Miners eat lunch from a communal bowl in the mining town of Pluto in Ituri Province. They work here to extract rock and sand from a large pit which has taken over a year to excavate. The miners are made up of many different people from all over Congo who come to seek their fortune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082829172-BMZ9WO6P86X1O7EXKWUY/022_MM8226_130308_03651.jpg The Price of Precious Miners eat lunch from a communal bowl in the mining town of Pluto in Ituri Province. They work here to extract rock and sand from a large pit which has taken over a year to excavate. The miners are made up of many different people from all over Congo who come to seek their fortune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435306710425-HLJ1X6848XNHMUH1ABP7/image-asset.jpeg The Price of Precious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082819138-EV84OID86KNSDSVI49SA/015_MM8226_130309_05776_.jpg The Price of Precious Miners work to extract soil and rocks from the large 500 meter pit in Baru, Mongbwalu. The gold in this valley was discovered in November 2012 and since then thousands of workers and traders and soldiers have arrived to look for their fortune. The owner of the land has sold his land in sections of 3 meters by 6 meters for 250 USD each section. Access to Gold has been the main reason for the conflict in ituri province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082820666-7GE1SXQBHW3SQOTE20VO/017_MM8226_130307_01823.jpg The Price of Precious Miners and Traders cross the flooded river to the Gold mine in Baru, Mongbwalu. Recently discovered it has over 3000 miners working there extracting gold. Many of them are soldiers who have deserted and come to look for money. Whole families have relocated to be close to the mine. Children are used extensively to transport the gold from the mine, often carrying 25 -40 kilos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082830686-VUC9UBZKVIM7QTPOXIZ3/018_MM8226_130308_02522.jpg The Price of Precious A young miner 14 years old works with other miners in the mining town of Pluto in Ituri to extract rock and sand from a large pit which has taken over a year to excavate. The miners are made up of many different people from all over Congo who come to seek their fortune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082839753-5UATSPXAQ8LG63R7YGH4/023_MM8226_130312_08506.jpg The Price of Precious Child Miners deep in rebel controlled area Bavi look for gold. This gold is then smuggled to Uganda and sold to Ugandan military in exchange for weapons. The UN rates the warlord in charge here, Cobra Matata as a gun-for-hire and it seems he is in collusion with some Congolese FARDC troops and Intelligence officers to keep control of the mines at any cost to protect the illegal earning of the Congolese soldiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082838475-AAXWY4K9816KO64HHKXL/029_MM8226_130308_04167.jpg The Price of Precious Miners in the mining town of Pluto in Ituri Province extract rock and sand from a large pit which has taken over a year to excavate. Then they filter the crushed rock through towels to extract the gold dust. The miners are made up of many different people from all over Congo who come to seek their fortune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082794171-AN2NEYMYZDAJV7XU8M9B/001_MM8226_111007_IMG_3272.jpg The Price of Precious A child soldier of the Mayi-Mayi in Kanyabayonga during an offensive against the CNDP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082798563-89VMLNJHZ6HQ6E9DI5T0/005_MM8226_111108_IMG_0610.jpg The Price of Precious FARDC Soldiers on the front line in Goma during an offensive against the CNDP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082800530-RISYZ4DIQIIRSV2W1E7B/006_MM8226_121108_IMG_1872.jpg The Price of Precious FARDC Soldiers on the frontline in Goma during an offensive against the CNDP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082809728-4RCVHIDFYCPVAK5QFDIE/013_MM8226_130316_09663.jpg The Price of Precious The troops of Cobra Matata on patrol outside of Gety. They are recruited from the local youth and many of them are under 16 years of age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082857081-Y2CJZXALZZ4A2DCZCP2M/040_MM8226_111007_IMG_7423.jpg The Price of Precious Displaced flee from Rutshuru towards Goma as the town is attacked by rebel forces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082865253-5JTRPBU79OGZQTK67440/044_MM8226_130123_08954.jpg The Price of Precious The displaced camp Mungungu 2 under the volcano Mt Nyriagongo in Goma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082866661-7NML4LGXTPLXIBHNNIGL/047_MM8226_130127_10843.jpg The Price of Precious The displaced camp in Rubaya where locals have fled to safety after fighting between M23 and FARDC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082876096-ORWMDME7CN07BQU44OJ1/049_MM8226_130309_07556.jpg The Price of Precious Patients at a basic health clinic in the mining town of Pluto. Many people here can not afford the correct healthcare so they resort to local clinics who often give substandard care, advice and medications making the health crisis in the region worse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082847692-O8D4RZXXHXSJR9Q8DP97/038_MM8226_130313_09574.jpg The Price of Precious The funeral of Innocent Mwaka, 3 months old who died at the orphanage in Mutzipela, Bunia. Her mother died in child birth and her father is a miner of gold. He abandoned her at the orphanage and left the area. She died of diarrhea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082875616-XV4K83YEB6EZ9R5X9RJX/051_MM8226_130312_08677___.jpg The Price of Precious The health center in Bavi is badly supplied as it is deep in enemy territory and very few, if any NGOs can get clearance to come here. As a result all the civil society systems are desperately decaying as the rebels extract gold from the nearby mines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435082885337-J0ZNQ8YAK1KL20UPPZL7/064_MM8226_111007_IMG_2283.jpg The Price of Precious The burial of of eight-month old Alexandrine Kabitsebangumi, who died from cholera, in Kibati, north of Goma in eastern Congo. http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/unravelling-gallery daily 0.75 2019-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503043376320-IDDC6364CU9QQNDNJMOS/022.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Ndassima Mine Elvis, a child working in the mine overseen by ex-Seleka soldiers at the Ndassima Gold mine previously run by the Canadian Company AxMin. It was abandoned by them in 2012 when the Seleka came into the country. The Seleka immediately took control and started to mine. They take 15% of all gold mined in the region from local miners. 1300 miners work around this mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503043376320-IDDC6364CU9QQNDNJMOS/022.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Ndassima Mine Elvis, a child working in the mine overseen by ex-Seleka soldiers at the Ndassima Gold mine previously run by the Canadian Company AxMin. It was abandoned by them in 2012 when the Seleka came into the country. The Seleka immediately took control and started to mine. They take 15% of all gold mined in the region from local miners. 1300 miners work around this mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1511596412124-9WH64OWQUY0BD5IDOWBQ/5-car-fragile-state-child-soldier-gold-mine-bambari-rebel-corruption.adapt.1900.1.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Child Miners A Muslim rebel stands guard as men and boys dig for gold at a mine near Bambari. The rebels claim a share for “security.” Gold is plentiful in the Central African Republic, but corruption and political instability have kept the profits from benefiting the people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503046899258-G3DS3KG9HIWDNXIWW3OR/Untitled-2.jpg Unravelling Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1434968658014-XN6BKJQBWY5OIQG3O7QG/001__MG_4698.JPG Unravelling Gallery Khadidja Alhadji Adbou, a 30-year-old Mboro woman, witnessed anti-balaka forces shooting and killing her husband and three children. In the same attack, she was shot in the neck but survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1434968661094-2NC0BP03YZP00F48BGPL/003__12A2212.JPG Unravelling Gallery People displaced by the fighting between ex-Seleka and anti-balaka forces find shelter in an old factory on the grounds of the Catholic church in Bossangoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056686466-MOB85LJ1VQZUA40M9R5B/0074.JPG Unravelling Gallery Anti Balaka on the road out of Bossangoa after attacks on the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056643128-NQ68PWQ0B316JR0WPK76/0034.JPG Unravelling Gallery A mother protects her child from gunfire as displaced seek shelter in the compound of the African Union troops in Bossangoa as Anti Balaka and Seleka forces attack the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056652080-9A6RXZH7IFXEOKKZMLBS/0036.JPG Unravelling Gallery Leonie Remonan is brought into the African Union compound with a gunshot wound. She has been in the bush more many days and the wound has gone septic. Fighting outside the compound means it is too dangerous to cross the road to the hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056651743-05PF2UY2JPOE7HKENC5J/0041.JPG Unravelling Gallery Machete are confiscated by Congolese African Union troops as the displaced enter the compound. The machete is the weapon of choice for many. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056655636-3E6SFATQSR7RCIT5KTDW/0054.JPG Unravelling Gallery A child soldier in the Seleka forces in Bossangoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056664748-U8ZKBPK5PVA9M11M5IS2/0064.JPG Unravelling Gallery Blood stains in the Muslim quarter after the massacre which killed a reported 11 people in front and around the Imam residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056666555-JW8MAXLKH1552DIK56V9/0072.JPG Unravelling Gallery Machete collected by African Union troops in the disarmament process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056691029-MGUOW519J2KLU7ETD94N/0073.JPG Unravelling Gallery Displaced wait on the road to Lere for MSF to arrive with supplies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056696571-05QF6YJ092TWOOKPDYT0/0084.JPG Unravelling Gallery An abandoned Seleka position on the outskirts of Bossangoa. It was left when anti balaka forces started to attack the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056700519-200ZQUL5XF8R2TWWWECD/0233.JPG Unravelling Gallery Yousufa, 11 is severely malnourished. He has been trapped in the enclave of Yaloke as politicians and the UN debate the evacuation of the group of 467 Peuhl who are trapped here. In the meantime, they are receiving poor aid and assistance. 10% of their number have died in the past months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1434968613792-01B4KL2V7E79P8NLHEA1/001_HRW_CAR_JAN_23012014_02394.jpg Unravelling Gallery Civilians aligning with the views of the Anti Balaka attack Muslim property in PK 13 (a district of Bangui) on the outskirts of Bangui after the Muslim Seleka government fell and the Muslims in the area have fled. The non Muslim community is taking revenge for the months of harsh Muslim Seleka rule, trying to destroy and loot everything in the Muslim districts. There are very few Muslims left in Bangui and even fewer in the outlying towns northwest of Bangui as the remaining population target all Muslim communities, killing, burning and looting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1434968632705-HFHOPY1GAK0OEYIGMK3W/007_HRW_CAR_JAN_23012014_02227.jpg Unravelling Gallery The body of Nana Abdul Karim 34, father of 8 children, is carried back to his home for burial. He was shot, by French soldiers, while buying breakfast for his children. They reported he was demonstrating and firing a weapon at them, but most people in this district have only bows and arrows. The community is being attacked by anti balaka and penned in by french soldiers, they are trying to flee for Chad but there are limited trucks and resources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055789612-2PNFEUBQGLH0H2SGMMZJ/009_HRW_CAR_JAN_23012014_02246.jpg Unravelling Gallery A market transporter is attacked by Muslims who are angered at the killing of one of their community and the injuring of another. They lynch the first non Muslim they can find. He escaped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055789519-1IYZIW2MFHVIBCF7NJ7D/011_HRW_CAR_JAN_23012014_02295.jpg Unravelling Gallery Seconds later he needs to run for his life. He escaped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055805701-B3AUKHJ0WR20J6CGUWFI/014_HRW_CAR_JAN_23012014_02504.jpg Unravelling Gallery A member of the civilian population around PK13 (a district of Bangui) on the outskirts of Bangui. He is running through looted and burning homes of the Muslims who have fled after the Seleka President Michel Djotodia resigned and left the country in disarray. The country was ruled by a minority Muslim government after the coup in March 2013. After months of oppression by the Muslim Seleka Government the local population take out their anger and frustrations on the largely innocent Muslim population. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055815597-MVIOPVONHDNFBDL6AW5E/046_HRW_CAR_JAN_28012014_05882.jpg Unravelling Gallery Civilians living close to the Seleka Camp Kasai celebrate as the Sleka fighters are moved out towards PK11 (a district of Bangui). They have been living with the shadow of Seleka abuses for over nine months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055830957-J5SU8U5YIRSOH6H4CQM8/049_HRW_CAR_JAN_29012014_06575.jpg Unravelling Gallery A funeral of a young man 24 years old who died due to lack of access to medication. This is the real killer in these conflicts when the health structure falls apart and people can not access life saving treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044850020-ELRDMYDGIC8DTFESLIC0/MM8434_150806_04569_1.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Diamond Mines The Gold and diamond mine in Sosso-Nakombo, where people come to make their fortune. The Seleka often used to force miners to sell their diamonds at vastly reduced prices at gunpoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044352522-FBHLH038DEQI35P2BRT9/00037.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Berberati Prison Inside the prison in Berberati where many Anti balaka who have been detained for theft, destruction of private property and murder are detained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044129892-GUND8ZNN9LD4UQGGD4RG/00015.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Berberati Mosque The Central Mosque in Berberati, completely looted by gangs of Anti Balaka and non muslim residents of Berberati. It is one of two mosques out of twenty-one that remain standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044277177-XR860V345K5EFFMZ72XM/024.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Family Mining Whole familes are panning for gold with the crushed rocks from the mine at the Ndassima Gold mine previously run by the Canadian Company AxMin. It was abandoned by them in 2012 when the Seleka came into the country. The Seleka immediately took control and started to mine. They take 15% of all gold mined in the region from local miners. 1300 miners work around this mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044416673-8UJJ9NB34A9JLW9WO60F/00036.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Enclave Peuhl displaced seek refuge inside a local school. They are being held here in an enclave controlled by the local Christian comminity leaders and they are slowly being starved. Many members of they community have already died from malnutrition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044522831-8GPU6YMXHWJXC1MXY2LI/00038_1.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Coming Home Kadidja Mahamat and her grandaughters Alia Bakary, Sabou Mahamadra and Fane Salleh in the Muslim Quater of Boda. She and her family were forced to live in the mosque for 9 months during the conflict. The Christians lived in the church. While this was not areligious war, these communities were manipulated into acting along religious lines. Both Communities are now living back at home and in peace, this is one of the few towns in CAR where this is happening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044547003-IXMJFU6429A51HUGZ6CL/00039+%281%29.jpg Unravelling Gallery - PK12 The Mayor of PK12 district of Bangui, Begoua, Jean Emmanual Gazangwenza in his Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044659998-ZG730UI1LAXYNRPH8IBX/00042_1.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Peuhl Family Djibrine Ali and Aicha Amadou a Peuhl deisplaced In PK 5 the muslim district which as maintained a steady level of violence since the conflict. Many Christian families have still not returned here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044689306-U9O3FDJZORZ8YLPOQS61/00044.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Pink Room Gueden Edwige and her daughter at home in Boda. They had to live for 9 months in the church during the conflict. They are now living at home and happily with Muslim neighbours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044720542-A1CAGB6C47XXRINDYDBY/00046+%281%29_1.jpg Unravelling Gallery - Elephants Elephants in the national park Dzanga Sangha in CAR - During the conflict 26 Elephants were killed by sudanese Seleka rebels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044765562-CG4TGJGTO5DISLKSI5I5/00047_1.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Gorilla Gorilla Families in the The national park Dzanga Sangha in CAR Many of them have been targeted by rebels for their bush meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055815060-YL0BSTK71HC4IAF6LFTO/030_HRW_CAR_JAN_24012014_04030.jpg Unravelling Gallery Anti Balaka fighters in their base near the airport they talk of all Muslims needing to leave the country and wanting to clean their country of those who don’t love their country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435056068562-0J0NGO7KDL6EAZX876NB/026_12A3181.JPG Unravelling Gallery Seleka fighters at a checkpoint on the road out of Bossangoa. They regularly rob local residents who have to cross the checkpoint on their return into town after searching for food in the countryside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044790232-MMHU37VVMW8AWKCN03C9/00048_1.JPG Unravelling Gallery - Ba-aka The dance of the Ba-aka in one of their villages in the national park in the dzanga sangha national park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1503044814251-MXKMWC9COQNSEA9AGJOG/00049_1.jpg Unravelling Gallery - River Sangha The River Sangha in the Dzanga Sangha national park. It is the refuge for Gorilla and Elephant. 27 Elephant were killed during the conflict by Seleka fighters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055826510-YFQO9DOTYY1J7MBSICSA/051_HRW_CAR_JAN_30012014_06917.jpg Unravelling Gallery Rwandan Troops patrol the streets of Bangui during the curfew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055834715-VNC1ROOI1RLME92KVK7B/055_HRW_CAR_JAN_03022014_07350.jpg Unravelling Gallery The mother of Eliam Fedongare 24, greets him and celebrates as he arrives home wirth his father Jean de Dieux. They were abducted in their farm by Seleka as they fled Bangui to carry their belongings for them. They were forced marched through the bush for 9 days and 4 of the others who were taken were shot and killed when they became too tired to continue. They escaped during an attack on a local village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055839564-XZOK0CUD3L3SF28HV7BA/056_HRW_CAR_JAN_03022014_07396.jpg Unravelling Gallery Eliam Fedongare recounts his story of escape to family members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055845072-0N2RNPBQ0LJSFJ5GEHUG/059_HRW_CAR_JAN_05022014_07772.jpg Unravelling Gallery Body parts on the road after a lynching by Central African soldiers. After they were addressed by the president about a return to peace in the country. They then went out and lynched a suspected Muslim Seleka fighter. They killed and then burned him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055847475-LE9QEFPQSZZP9MPFYIL3/065_HRW_CAR_JAN_07022014_08589.jpg Unravelling Gallery Muslims flee the town of Bangui together with Chadian special forces. Over 10,000 Muslims leave the city for Chad on a huge convoy as the population is forced out of the country by the population of CAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055860909-WBLMSMFIV74F87VWWY7Z/070_HRW_CAR_JAN_04022014_07682.jpg Unravelling Gallery Anti Balaka on the road to Boda. They are going there to attack the Muslim residents who remain there. Previous the Muslims were protected by the Seleka but they fled leaving the civilians to their fate. Over 40 Muslims have been killed in the town in 5 days and nearly 50 Christians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055866879-3ZS5IKI09HSS84L8D8QM/071_HRW_CAR_JAN_09022014_09232.jpg Unravelling Gallery A resident of Bangui lies dead after being shot by Rwandan soldiers. He had just killed a Muslim trader and then tried to burn the body. It was a revenge attack after his cousin was killed by Muslims earlier in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435055872839-MJO4FV7YGXYDGMDN011V/074_HRW_CAR_JAN_09022014_09157.jpg Unravelling Gallery The sister of Vanessa mourns for her after she was shot by Muslims close to her home in Kilo 5 (a district of Bangui). 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She was taken directly to Kony and forced to be one of his many wives. She was accused of being a sorcerer and was going to be tried by Kony. She escaped the day before the trial after saving the life on one woman by hiding her from the LRA. She lay naked in a field for 2 days and nights hiding from her attackers as they searched for her. When they left she came out of the bush and found a 2 year old boy crying for his mother who had been abducted. She picked him up and walked naked to the nearest village in search of help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435153443570-SY3GIDZPR7N7AEV877BX/025_IMG_2101.jpg LRA Valantine Mbolibirani 15 years old (she was 13 when she was abducted) was abducted in July 2009 for 7 months. She was taken directly to Kony and forced to be one of his many wives. She was accused of being a sorcerer and was going to be tried by Kony. She escaped the day before the trial after saving the life on one woman by hiding her from the LRA. She lay naked in a field for 2 days and nights hiding from her attackers as they searched for her. When they left she came out of the bush and found a 2 year old boy crying for his mother who had been abducted. She picked him up and walked naked to the nearest village in search of help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435313270402-IJ5SEKR4J5FJ60FQ6F3Y/image-asset.jpeg LRA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152170423-LA533FEIXPV31BSFA5E9/001_IMG_2635.JPG LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Dakwa, North Eastern Congo. People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152689602-GEJV4SWG9CFIE9FDHU26/043_IMG_1723.jpg LRA Artimis Levis 19 years old was abducted in March 2008 and was made to be a porter. He received military training and was with both Kony and Ngwen and Dominic in DRC. He escaped after an attack and was shipped to Dungu then Kinshasa and then hope to CAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152437410-FGAVHDDMLBRNNM263P9N/008_IMG_0261.JPG LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Ango, North Eastern Congo. People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435151947189-3FXFZO8F6L8EUS5WNJD3/001_IMG_0987.jpg LRA Felicite Mboligassie 26 years old with 3 children. She was abducted and made the wife of Odyambo. She was beaten regularly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152252210-S4BL6WJN4WBSZ76L1YO3/005.8_IMG_0163.jpg LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo Eastern Central African Republic People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152867892-FZE1XQJ7CQWO12PRH5BW/050_IMG_1859.jpg LRA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152117560-Y5EO70S63DHTKYC900BJ/002_IMG_0278.jpg LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo Eastern Central African Republic People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435153182779-HMK521LF9EHE0ZHEDM5T/058_IMG_3115.jpg LRA Ted Mamumangi 14. He was taken to Garamba and spent one year and 4 months training to be a soldier. He escaped when the UPDF attacked and shot his guard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152605769-OFANUW3JKVR2XCBIR6LC/012.5_IMG_0308.jpg LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo Eastern Central African Republic People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157502182-T4RDI5ZV8C7P1ZCZFXGV/CongoLRA_058_IMG_2099.JPG LRA Daniel Kpakana 14 years old was taken at PK12 in January 2010. He was with the LRA for 3 months and escaped after an attack on the FARDC. His commander was Dix Metre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435152816353-47FH1D5SR3LVT5UJACUV/047_IMG_2716.jpg LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo Eastern Central African Republic People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157549809-FHRRMYTZGOY3MZG735MZ/CongoLRA_032_IMG_3561.JPG LRA Yoris Mihidie was shot by the LRA in August 2010 when he was transporting goods on a bike from market. He lives in Gimile north of Dungu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435153018322-V296X5VR34JKZZ28I4J5/056_IMG_2818.jpg LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo Eastern Central African Republic People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157533613-U9T6FOU8YAHQHIQNFPDV/CongoLRA_002_IMG_3226.JPG LRA Mbonih Ndele Mari was abducted by the LRA outside Niangara she was left for dead by them after they cut off her lips and her ears. She in now in hospital in Niangara her children are being looked after by family close by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157661145-B3OFVS42KHN7MU7TRQCM/105_IMG_2813.JPG LRA Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Dakwa, North Eastern Congo. People have fled due to recent activity and abductions and killings by the Lords Resistance Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5587d942e4b0403b40d2ed57/1435157524101-95T6VXBIR5HGH5TBCUKC/CongoLRA_066_IMG_0735.JPG LRA Olivier Mbolifuyhe – a 16 year old boy abducted in October 2009. He came out in may 2010 and then led the FARDC to the LRA base at Samungu which they attacked in early June 2010. He was forced to kill children on many occasions. 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