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Al Jazeera: Marcus Bleasdale on LRA, Rape in the Congo

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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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Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, notorious for its use of child soldiers and sex slaves, has...

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Marcus Bleasdale on Riz Khan's show. Via Al Jazeera. 2011.

Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale was featured on Al Jazeera English's "Riz Khan Show," along with feminist and activist Eve Ensler. Bleasdale speaks about his work in the Congo, including his recent Pulitzer Center-supported project about the LRA. Bleasdale has been covering the Congo for over 10 years and has established himself as a world-class documentary photographer. Here, he discusses rape as a weapon of war and his views on strategies for eliminating this threat from the region.

Video from Al Jazeera English.

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