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First Place
Adrees Latif
Reuters

Second Place
Kuni Takahashi
Freelance

Third Place
Carsten Snejbjerg
Freelance

First Place
Kuni Takahashi
Freelance

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"War in Congo"

The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the widest interstate war in modern African history. The war, centered mainly in eastern Congo, had involved 9 African nations and claimed an estimated three million lives as a result of fighting or disease and malnutrition. Fighting was fuelled by the country's vast mineral wealth.

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Women pray during church service at Mungote camp for IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) in Kichanga, 70km north of Goma, DRCongo on April 25, 2010. The camp was established in Jan 2008 and has population of 95,000. The long war had involved 9 African nations and claimed an estimated three million lives as a result of fighting or disease and malnutrition.

 
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