DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Kibali. March 29, 2014. The Kibali Gold Mine is operated by Randgold Resources and is located in Kibali, Democratic Republic of Congo. The mine, thought to have a reserve of about 320 tonnes of gold, required the re-location of 15,000 people. The battle to control mines has been a major factor in the conflict which has raged in eastern DR Congo for at least 16 years. The region is near an area where Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has operated. Most days of the week, pilots transport U.S. Special Forces and supplies from Uganda to South Sudan and Central African Republic, where there are four Combined Operations Fusion Centers, or COFCs, in which intelligence and operations are coordinated among the anti-LRA (Lord’s esistance Army) coalition, which includes US, South Sudanese and Ugandan forces. American troops are working with African militaries to help counter Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony. Image by Michael Brown
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.

A landscape in Drodro. DRC is one of the wealthiest countries when it comes to natural resourses. Three adolescent young men standing in a field just behind their huts, in the village of Drodro. Lack of free school facilities, unemployment, and basic infrastructure while living in continuous conflict, takes away almost all hopes and dreams of youths here. The disillusionment with life and lack of prospects leads to permanent boredom and, at times, boiling anger. Photo by Newsha Tavakolian
CONGO. Numbi, South Kivu. 2012. A child carries a piece of bamboo across a cassiterite, coltan and tourmaline mine near the mining town of Numbi.
CONGO. LULINGU, SOUTH KIVU. December 30, 2013. Coltan and Cassiterite miners walk three hours from a mine to Lulingu, carrying heavy bags of minerals, often on their head.
A miner at work in Nyabibwe where coltan is excavated. Coltan (columbite-tantalite) is a precious mineral used to make consumer electronic products. Many accidents happen in the mines because of collapsing tunnels and toxic gases.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Kibali. March 29, 2014. The Kibali Gold Mine is operated by Randgold Resources and is located in Kibali, Democratic Republic of Congo. The mine, thought to have a reserve of about 320 tonnes of gold, required the re-location of 15,000 people. The battle to control mines has been a major factor in the conflict which has raged in eastern DR Congo for at least 16 years. The region is near an area where Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has operated. Most days of the week, pilots transport U.S. Special Forces and supplies from Uganda to South Sudan and Central African Republic, where there are four Combined Operations Fusion Centers, or COFCs, in which intelligence and operations are coordinated among the anti-LRA (Lord’s esistance Army) coalition, which includes US, South Sudanese and Ugandan forces. American troops are working with African militaries to help counter Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony. Taken by Michael Brown
The market at the Mungunga refugee camp north of Goma – the largest of the refugee camps in Eastern DR Congo. An estimated 250,000 people have been made homeless by the fighting and five million people have died from war related disease and starvation, more than in any other conflict since the Second World War. Image by Christian Als

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