Africa, R.D.Congo, North Kivu. The Ruzizi River, the natural
border between R.D. Congo (on the right of the pic) and Rwanda: lands divided
for years by conflict and racial hatred. October 2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/
LUZphoto
Africa, R.D.Congo, North Kivu, Goma. M23, a filo-Rwandan political and military
movement, takes its name from the agreements signed on 23 March 2009 ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.Congo, North Kivu. Brigadier
General Sultani Makenga (seated) of the newly formed Congolese Revolutionary is
seen in Rumangabo military camp (Bunagana), Democratic Republic of Congo. The
M23 Movement, the newly formed political wing of former M23 rebels, has formed
a semi autonomous administration structure in areas under their control in
north Kivu province in the DRC. October
2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
It
was the failure to comply with the terms of the peace treaties that triggered
the mutiny of a group of officers and colonels of the FARDC, who in April 2012
gave rise to the M23 movement. The support of Rwanda and their impressive
potential for waging war has already allowed the Tutsi rebels to conquer and
subjugate the province of Ruthshuru. M23 solders patrol the territory under
their control. October 2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.Congo, North Kivu. A view of the territory of the Province of Rutshuru,
governed by the M23 rebels, successors of the CNDP and accused by both the UN
and the government of Kinshasa of being supported by Rwanda. October
2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
©Marco
Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
A
view of the territory of the Province of Rutshuru, governed by the M23 rebels,
successors of the CNDP and accused by both the UN and the government of
Kinshasa of being supported by Rwanda. October
2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
. A
mentally ill kid chained is sitting on the edge of the road. He has been
shackled by his parents, because he throws rocks against vehicles.. October
2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.Congo, North Kivu, Goma. A
view of the city. MONUSCO patrols a street. October 2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/
LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.C.- North Kivu, Goma. FARDC, the troops of the government army. Underpaid
and without sufficient means, the soldiers at the forefront of the fighting
live in tent cities with their families, while those further back and in the
city are often guilty of banditry, corruption and violence. On average the
salary for a solder of the FARDC is about 50 USD per month. The abandoned
airplains on the background of picture are used by the soldiers as haphazard
shelters. 25th October 2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.C.- North Kivu, Goma. 1)M23 rebels congregate outside of Sake, 25km west of
Goma, preparing to march back to Goma following orders to withdraw from the
city they had occupied since Nov 20. 30th November 2012 ©Marco
Gualazzini/LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.C.- North Kivu, Goma. 1)Dead Congolese Army soldier lies dead on the side
of the road to Rutchuru following fierce fighting as M23 rebels advanced
towards Goma. The rebels ordered the closure of the road for one week until Nov
27 when a humanitarian corridor was create to allow INGOs to collect dead
bodies. 28th November 2012. ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.C.- North Kivu, Goma. 1)M23 rebels congregate outside of Sake, 25km west of
Goma, preparing to march back to Goma following orders to withdraw from the
city they had occupied since Nov 20. 30th
November 2012 ©Marco Gualazzini/LUZphoto
Africa, R.D.C.-
North Kivu, Goma. Out of fear
of the take-over of Goma by M23 rebels, Thousands people (767,000 have been
displaced in the east of Congo since April following the outbreak of war
between the M23 rebel movement and the FARDC) fled to refugees camps Mugunga 1
and 3. Many people in this sites say they have witnessed shocking scenes of
violence with people being burned in their homes and decapitated. Internally
displaced Congolese wait for food to be distributed by WFP at the Mugunga 3
camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma. 26th November 2012 ©Marco
Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
Africa,
R.D.C.- North Kivu, Goma. Out of fear of the take-over of Goma by M23 rebels,
Thousands people (767,000 have been displaced in the east of Congo since April
following the outbreak of war between the M23 rebel movement and the FARDC)
fled to refugees camps Mugunga 1 and 3. Many people in this sites say they have
witnessed shocking scenes of violence with people being burned in their homes and
decapitated. Internally displaced Congolese wait for food to be distributed by
WFP at the Mugunga 3 camp outside the eastern Congolese town of Goma. 26th
November 2012 ©Marco Gualazzini/ LUZphoto
All images ©Marco Gualazzini / LUZphoto
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