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Marcus Bleasdale IPG/Harpers
"Kurtz's Legacy - Tribal Conflict in the Ituri Region of Congo (DRC)"


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"Health Care" Catherine (9) too afraid to stay in hospital for fear of being attacked is taken back to the bush after being treated in Dro Dro. She was attacked by Lendu Militias who tried to machete off her leg. She survived but three members of her family were killed. Fourteen people were killed in their beds in the hospital two weeks previously. There are no doctors in this area.
 

 

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