Photo Gallery Enduring Brutality in Congo
Much of Congo's eastern borderlands are volatile after the 1998-2003 war. An estimated 5.4 million people have been killed over the past decade, including many young children. Most of the warring parties of the conflict in eastern Congo, including the Congolese Army, Rwandan Hutu rebels, and Congolese Tutsi rebels, have also used rape as a weapon of war.
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In this February 2009 photo, a war-displaced girl mourns at the funeral of her grandfather, who died from malaria in Ngalima in northeastern Congo.
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Here, people displaced by war gather at a market in the middle of a makeshift camp near Goma in eastern Congo on February 11.
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Hundreds of internally displaced people queue for the distribution of goods at a camp near Goma in this Dec. 10, 2008 photo.
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A man with a scar from a machete attack is seen in front of a destroyed house in Napopo, north-east Congo.
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Thousands of Congolese fled their villages after December, afraid of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels who roamed the bush carrying out massacres.
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This woman is one of many who fled for her life.
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A 14-month-old child is breast-fed at hospital. He was malnourished after his mother fled from rebel attacks.
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In this February 2009 photo, a man huddles by a fire after fleeing attacks by Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels. Many displaced people in the Congo now live in makeshift huts.
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A young girl walks home through the rain in Goma, Congo.
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A nurse dresses the machete wounds on the head of a 45-year-old man who was attacked by rebels.
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A woman stands by her makeshift home in Ngalima in northeastern Congo in this February 2009 photo. The West needs to do more to combat sexual violence in Congo, argues François Grignon of the International Crisis Group in a guest editorial for SPIEGEL ONLINE.
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