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A general view of a part of the town of Butembo, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 19, 2024. Since the end of 2...

Members of the Synergie des Wazalendu (‘patriots’ in local Swahili) of the Front Nord and the Popular Resistance Volunteers stand at a position in the...

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) cross a bridge over the Semliki river on the road between Beni and Bulongo, North Kivu, in the east of...

A general view of the Semliki River seen from a bridge between Beni and Bulongo, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Decem...

Soldiers from the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) mobilised as part of the peacekeeping mission of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo...

A farmer leads his cows across a bridge over the Semliki river on the road between Beni and Bulongo, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Civilians on a motorbike taxi cross the path of soldiers from the 21st DP Battalion of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) on the road between Beni an...

Soldiers from the 21st DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) deployed as part of Operation Shujaa, look on, on the road between Beni and Bulong...

A general view of a motorcyclist carrying bananas in the main street of the town of Bulongo, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Con...

Anelcan Kakule Miheko, representative of the civil society of the town of Bulongo, poses for a portrait in Bulongo, North Kivu, in the east of the Dem...

Jean-Paul Kahindo Katembo, 45, from Kasindi and mayor of the town of Bulongo, poses for a portrait in Bulongo, North Kivu, in the east of the Democrat...

A general view of a carpentry workshop in the town of Mutwanga, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 17, 2024. Sin...

Soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) taking part in Operation Shujaa drive towards their headquarters in the town of M...

Soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) engaged in joint operation Shujaa, drive past a school in the town of Mutwanga, N...

Ezekiel, a soldier from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) engaged in Operation Shujaa, sits on a pick-up truck in the town of Mut...

A general view of the Rwenzori mountains from the town of Mutwanga, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 17, 2024....

Soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) taking part in Operation Shujaa stand in the courtyard of a shop in the town of M...

Portrait of Ricardo Rupande, 39, president of the Rwenzori sector civil society group, in an enclot of the town of Mutwanga, North Kivu, in the east o...

Ezekiel, a soldier from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) engaged in Operation Shujaa, drives on a pick-up truck on the road betw...

Soldiers from the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) pass soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) engaged jointly in...

Soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC), involved in joint operation Shujaa, stand beside their pick-up truck on a road b...

Soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (background) and soldiers from the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) jointly engaged...

Soldiers from the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and a soldier from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) (background), as pa...

Soldiers from the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC), engaged in joint operation Shujaa, along a road between Bulongo and Beni, North...

A general view of a roadside landscape between Bulongo and Beni, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 17, 2024. Since the end...

Colonel Jean-Claude Belenga Liukla (C) of the 214th DP Battalion of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) talks to soldiers of the Ugandan People's Defence For...

A general view of the road to the town of Kasindi, in the centre of Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 16,...

Motorcyclists drive on the Beni-Butembo road, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 15, 2024. Since the end of 2021, Uganda ha...

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) wait in line during the national day of entrance examinations for military specialities at the ‘Genera...

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) observe integration examinations for military specialities at the ‘general Major Chicko Tshitambwe’ mi...

Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) listen to a briefing from their superiors before starting their entrance exams for military speciali...

Democratic Republic of Congo Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers stand next to a pick-up truck at the ‘general Major Chicko Tshitambwe’ military camp in Mam...

Sheikh Issa Karamaya, 34, Imam in charge of administration and socio-cultural development at the Jamia Mupanda mosque, poses for a portrait in the mos...

A general view of the minaret of the Jamia Mupanda Mosque in Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 13, 2024....

A general view of the monument under construction in homage to Imam Sheikh Ali Amin, killed by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in 2021,...

A child in school uniform walks towards the entrance to the Jamia Mupanda Mosque in Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo,...

A man waits to cross the Beni roundabout, the region's goods crossroads, in the town centre of Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republi...

Daniel Musayi, a driver from the agency "Les enfants d'abord" ("Children first") sits in his car in a parking lot in the centre of Beni, North-Kivu, i...

Economic players from the region chat in a car park in the centre of Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 13...

Sheikh Issa Karamaya, 34, Imam in charge of administration and socio-cultural development at the Jamia Mupanda mosque, washes his hands in the ablutio...

Richard Kirimba, vice-president of the Civil Society, Forces Vives of the territory of Beni, poses for a portrait in the courtyard of a hotel in Beni,...

Master lawyer Youssouf Djodjo Sangala, 39, in charge of youth, public relations and citizen participation in the town and territory of Beni and also c...

The entrance to the women's section of the Jamia Mupanda mosque in Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 13,...

A Muslim worshipper prays in the Jamia Mupanda mosque in Beni, Nord-Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 13, 2024. Since...

A Muslim worshipper reads the Quran at prayer in the Jamia Mupanda mosque in Beni, North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Dec...

Estimé Lekopole, head of the humanitarian action division in the Beni territory, shows the soaps made with the displaced people that they sell to deve...

Kambale Kalekya Samy, displaced by attacks from the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who is also secretary to the president of the Kabalaka...

Clara Kahindo Horove, displaced because of attacks by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), prepares the chikwangue in the Kabalaka internal...

A woman displaced by attacks by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stands at the Kabalaka internally displaced persons (IDP) site in Beni,...

Young people displaced by attacks by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are seen in the Kabalaka internally displaced persons (IDP) site i...