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Abandoned Places: Central African Republic

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Mbonih Ndele Mari was abducted by the LRA outside Niangara and left for dead by them after they cut off her lips and her ears. She is now in a hospital in Niangara. Her children are being looked after by family close by.
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Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.
Abandoned homes on the outskirts of Obo in eastern Central African Republic. People have fled due to recent activity including abductions and killings by the Lord's Resistance Army. Image by Marcus Bleasdale. Central African Republic, 2010.

Lord's Resistance Army attacks have left many internally displaced in the Central African Republic. Pictured are some of the homes they were forced to abandon.

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