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Massacres of Kiwandja

A PARADISE IN HELL

Over 2008, I travelled on several occasions to the Democratic Republic of the

Congo. In July-August 2008, I visited North-Kivu, and took the road from Goma to Lubero region in North-Kivu. The road was, and still is arguably one of the most dangerous roads in the world .

One sees a very beautiful scenery, almost paradisiac mountains with lush forests. Active volcanos surrounded with magnificent jungles rise all around. In July 2008, while travelling with a team of the Mission of United Nations in the Congo (MONUC), we crossed, during a seemingly interminable journey, an area infested with the troops of the renegade Nkunda(CNDP), the Mai-Mai, Rwandan rebels, the civil militias, the congolese army (FARDC) and all sorts of armed groups. It was and is a place no one would like to visit twice.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN PREYED UPON

Along the road, people, mostly Children …

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