July 18, 2010
Bukavu - Lake Kivu. I drove to Western Rwanda and entered Congo/DRC from Cyangugu. Just crossed the bridge underwent usual intimidation and demands for bribes from Congolese officials, but prevailed end entered. As Goma (see images from Goma in this website), Bukavu is one of the most traumatized and dangerous places on earth. This is where mass rapes took place throughout the last decades. In 2004, Rwandan-backed RCD forces led by General Nkunda entered the town and raped about 16,000 women on a single weekend after General Nkunda told his troops "This city is yours for three days”.
Bukavu - Lake Kivu. I drove to Western Rwanda and entered Congo/DRC from Cyangugu. Just crossed the bridge underwent usual intimidation and demands for bribes from Congolese officials, but prevailed end entered. As Goma (see images from Goma in this website), Bukavu is one of the most traumatized and dangerous places on earth. This is where mass rapes took place throughout the last decades. In 2004, Rwandan-backed RCD forces led by General Nkunda entered the town and raped about 16,000 women on a single weekend after General Nkunda told his troops "This city is yours for three days”.
always enough money for religion
Bukavi - mother and child
Bukavu view
church conggregation
fortress international help - Bukavu
hills of Bukavu
living behind the wires
medical center at Bukavu
people of Bukavu
poster protecting people who contracted HIV/AIDS
reminders of the war
the border - Rwanda left Congo right
UN convoys on empty streets of Bukavu
UN fortress in Bukavu
UNHCR behind wires
UNHCR restaurant and hungry man
walking from Rwanda to Congo
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