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  • A child and father in Duru, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Hundreds of children have been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army from Duru and the surrounding area over the past months.  Michael Graham/USHMM. April, 2009
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  • The chalkboard of the second grade classroom in Duru school.  On the left written by the students and teachers, in the middle and right, insults by the Lord’s Resistance Army, after they attacked Duru, Congo, in December 2008 and kidnapped all the students and teachers.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • A Moroccan UN peacekeeper mans a gunport in a Russian made transport helicopter en route to Duru, a village in Northeastern Congo.  The soldiers will establish a base in Duru to support the Congolese Army combat the Lord’s Resistance Army and protect civilians.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • A Bangladeshi UN transport helicopter takes off from Duru village in Northeastern Congo while a Moroccan soldier secures the field.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • The door to the second grade classroom.  The Lord’s Resistance Army rebels shot the door and hacked the lock open with a machete to reach students and teachers hiding inside.  Dozens were captured from the school, enslaved by the LRA.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • The burned market in Faradje, Congo, site of the Christmas massacre perpetrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army.  Dozens were killed and at least 160 people enslaved during the attack.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • The home of the local administrator of Faradje, Congo, was destroyed by the Lord’s Resistance Army on December 25th, 2008.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • Displaced people from nearby villages gathered on the outskirts of Faradje, seeking protection by the Congolese Army. Despite the presence of troops, the Lord’s Resistance Army continues to prey upon Congolese. Attacks and abductions, mainly of children, occur weekly.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • A local resident of Faradje points to the path where the Lord’s Resistance Army entered the village on December 25th at the start of the massacre.  USHMM/Michael Graham.  April, 2009. 
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  • A boy sits in the ruins of a home destroyed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Faradje, Congo.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009
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  • Joseph, on his way home after being enslaved for six months by the Lord’s Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group.  Michael Graham/USHMM.  April, 2009.
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  • Children pass the hours in a displaced camp near Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sometimes dull and often dangerous, living in a camp requires creativity and resilience on the part of the displaced children.  Michael Graham/USHMM. April, 2009.
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  • UN soldiers on patrol near Kaniola in South Kivu Province.  This area has been at the epicenter of sexual violence in Eastern Congo over the past decade.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • UN soldiers after an ambush exercise near Kaniola, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • UN soldiers prepare to go out on patrol near their base in Walungu, South Kivu Province.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • Boys watch a video intently during a UN information session outside Uvira, Congo, an area with heavy rebel activity. The video features former FDLR rebels who describe how life in Rwanda is better than fighting in the bush in Congo.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • Pierre, a 14 year old boy who is night guard at a sewing workshop for abused women in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • An Indian peacekeeper patrols the volatile area north of Goma, Congo.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • Children at a displaced camp call out to soldiers as their convoy departs Rumangabo.  Two months after this photo was taken the camp was in the crossfire between rebels and the government.  Local residents and displaced were forced to flee to Goma.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • An Indian peacekeeper on patrol in North Kivu province, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July 2008.
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  • The director of a school in Mimosho, near Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, shows visitors the impact of a decade of war on the school.  Michael Graham, July 2008.
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  • Congolese soldier at Kabare, outside Bukavu.  Michael Graham/USHMM, July, 2008.
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  • Three Interahamwe rebels attacked Nabintu, 43, of Kaziba, South Kivu, in 1996 while she was traveling on a small path just outside the village. She resisted the rebels until they cut her deeply with a knife. Nabintu said that when her husband came to search for her, the same rebels attacked and killed him. She has not remarried and continues to care for the six children they had together.  Melanie Blanding, 2006.
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  • Maria, 22, of Kindu, Maniema, undergoes surgery to repair a fistula at DOCS (Doctors on Call for Service) HEAL Africa clinic in Goma, North Kivu. A fistula is a tear in the vaginal tissue, leaving the patient incontinent.  Many women are abandoned by their families and avoid social situations that may expose them. Often, the physical damage is so severe that women require three to six surgeries to fully recover.  Melanie Blanding, 2006.
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