Cédric Gerbehaye: Congo In Limbo

Cédric Gerbehaye: Congo In Limbo at Anastasia Photo. "...The ongoing project 'Congo in Limbo,' which earned him 7 distinctions in 2008 shows a population still suffering the effects of the conflict in everyday life: disease, malnutrition, under-development, murder and violence. In 2006, the Democratic Republic of Congo embarked on a course designed to restore political process, and reconciliation. But the rebuilding of the country was prevented by the failure to demobilize the militia and the failure to establish a new national army. The situation was critical in Eastern Congo, in the regions of Ituri and Kivu, with its great mineral wealth and its strategic position bordering Uganda and Rwanda. In 2007, 437,000 persons had to flee their villages to escape fighting, rape, and forced recruitment of child soldiers." More... Works by Cédric Gerbehaye at Agence VU.