Furah carries wood and her eighteen-month-old daughter Shukyru, on the road linking Rupango to Sake, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Furah walks the 16 kms every day, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held town of Sake to sell wood
US actor Ben Affleck gestures in a camp for displaced people, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008 near Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Actor, writer, producer and director Ben Affleck is currently in Congo on his fourth trip over the last year, hoping to understand the crisis firsthand
US actor Ben Affleck walks through a camp for displaced people, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008, near Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Affleck is currently in Congo on his fourth trip over the last year, hoping to understand firsthand one of the world's worst humanitarian crises of this century
A CNDP rebel guards the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held area.
A CNDP rebel walks through the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held area
Traders load their bicycles at the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held area. The absence of electricity in north Kivu results in massive deforestation and tree clearance in the area
Traders load their bicycles at the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held area. The absence of electricity in north Kivu results in massive deforestation and tree clearance in the area
A trader yawns before loading his bicycle at the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held area.. The absence of electricity in north Kivu results in massive deforestation and tree clearance in the area
Congolese army military police patrol the road linking Sake to Goma, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Years of sporadic violence in eastern Congo intensified in August, and fighting between the army and fighters loyal to rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has displaced at least 250,000 people
Bosco leaves the charcoal market in Rupango, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Charcoal traders travel 40 kms every day from Rupango to Goma carrying 40 kilos bags on their backs, or up to three bags on their bicycles for a US$5 profit, crossing from the CNDP rebel controlled area to the government held area.. The absence of electricity in north Kivu results in massive deforestation and tree clearance in the area.
A Congolese police officer guards a line of internally displaced people queuing for a distribution of food from the World Food Program as British Minister of State for Africa, Lord Mark Malloch Brown visits the Mogunga camp near Sake, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008
A Mai Mai militiaman lays dead in the city of Kirumba, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Two charred bodies and scattered debris from looted shops littered the red earth roads of the army-occupied hilltop village of Kirumba, one day after the army clashed with the Mai Mai, a group normally allied with the government
A Congolese army tank maneuvers in the town of Kirumba, eastern Congo, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. Two charred bodies and scattered debris from looted shops littered the red earth roads of the army-occupied hilltop village of Kirumba, one day after the army clashed with the Mai Mai, a group normally allied with the government.
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