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The Mayi-Mayi in Kivu - Congo Maquis

  • Armed conflict
  • Politics

BUKAVU - Finding out who they are is the aim of this documentary project. News reports suggest that genuine Mayi-Mayi militias are operating. In reality, however, the Mayi-Mayi are said to be nothing more than a hard core of poorly armed civilians. Nevertheless, they would make life extremely difficult for the occupying forces.

Aboke girls

  • Armed conflict
  • Politics

KAMPALA - Africa specialist Els De Temmerman is the first person to receive support from the fund. In her book The Girls of Aboke, she talks about the fate of two girls who were used as child soldiers by rebels in their fight with the government army in northern Uganda. The girls, like thousands of their peers, have to kill other children and torture the population.