Photos

Arms container - Congo - KL Austin

Shafts, some as deep as 8 metres, are dug manually © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Early morning at the Ngubu internally displaced camp on the outskirts of Faradje Haut-Uele District in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Part of a weapons haul collected in the past couple of months as part of the DDRRR process in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo © Guy Oliver / IRIN

During the excavations of shafts, water has to be constantly pumped out © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Artisanal miners wash at a rudimentary dam on the site, where excess water is pumped into © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Women provide extensive labour at the gold mine workings, where all excavations are done by hand © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri, sifting through the tailings of an old gold colonial mine site © Guy Oliver / IRIN

Weapons inspection team

A woman recovers from rape in a hospital in Goma,Democratic Republic of Congo, days the city’s capture by M23 rebels. Sexual violence has been used by armed parties on all sides of the conflict. © Kate Holt / IRIN