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Congo: Inside Kimua, village of fear


On the surface, Kimua, a village in the Walikale district of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seems peaceful. But since the FDLR Hutu militia fled Rwanda in 1994 after taking part in the genocide there, they have subjected the people Kimua to vicious attacks. Photojournalist Susan Schulman finds a village living in fear as the FDLR live among the local population, an occupying force with no intention of returning home

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