Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
After a soldier died, his family members gathered near the body in the hospital. No one knew why and how he had died. Was it suicide? A (...)
quarrel with other soldiers? It never became clear. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
Afoyo, 45 Years old:
"We were coming back from a funeral with my husband, when a five-minute walk from the camp, the rebels attacked us (...)
and killed my husband and others in front of me. I lost my mind from then, I hear things and I see things that don't exist in the camp. I don't wanna talk to anybody." © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
The space where a crucifix was placed, near the main road in Drodro. People gathered at the site believing that the broken foot of the f (...)
igure was bleeding. Every day the crowd grew bigger as they believed this to be a miracle and hoped that their prayers would be answered.
The local bishop removed the arms as well to show to the crowd that the red liquid was not blood, but the oxidized inner skeleton of the statue. When the crowd did not believe the rational explanation, the bishop removed the statue with the help from local police to counter the spread of superstitious beliefs. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
The MSF hospital in Drodro deals with several medical issues, but malnutrition is a key problem the doctors face in this facility. Pover (...)
ty causes all sorts of problems, a primary problem being lack of food.
Family members can be seen cooking in a courtyard of the hospital, preparing food for their relatives who are being treated. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
The space where a crucifix was placed, near the main road in Drodro. People gathered at the site believing that the broken foot of the f (...)
igure was bleeding. Every day the crowd grew bigger as they believed this to be a miracle and hoped that their prayers would be answered.
The local bishop removed the arms as well to show to the crowd that the red liquid was not blood, but the oxidized inner skeleton of the statue. When the crowd did not believe the rational explanation, the bishop removed the statue with the help from local police to counter the spread of superstitious beliefs. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Kenya. 2016. A team of young boys playing football in the Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya. Football is the only sport young boys play to keep them busy after school. The Kakuma camp is home t (...)
o thousands of people who have taken refugee here following the outbreak of inter-tribal fighting in South Sudan and eastern DRC. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
The space where a crucifix was placed, near the main road in Drodro. People gathered at the site believing that the broken foot of the f (...)
igure was bleeding. Every day the crowd grew bigger as they believed this to be a miracle and hoped that their prayers would be answered.
The local bishop removed the arms as well to show to the crowd that the red liquid was not blood, but the oxidized inner skeleton of the statue. When the crowd did not believe the rational explanation, the bishop removed the statue with the help from local police to counter the spread of superstitious beliefs. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
The space where a crucifix was placed, near the main road in Drodro. People gathered at the site believing that the broken foot of the f (...)
igure was bleeding. Every day the crowd grew bigger as they believed this to be a miracle and hoped that their prayers would be answered.
The local bishop removed the arms as well to show to the crowd that the red liquid was not blood, but the oxidized inner skeleton of the statue. When the crowd did not believe the rational explanation, the bishop removed the statue with the help from local police to counter the spread of superstitious beliefs. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
The space where a crucifix was placed, near the main road in Drodro. People gathered at the site believing that the broken foot of the f (...)
igure was bleeding. Every day the crowd grew bigger as they believed this to be a miracle and hoped that their prayers would be answered.
The local bishop removed the arms as well to show to the crowd that the red liquid was not blood, but the oxidized inner skeleton of the statue. When the crowd did not believe the rational explanation, the bishop removed the statue with the help from local police to counter the spread of superstitious beliefs. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
"My name is Love, I'm 32 years old. I have five children. I'm from the Chunga village where I grew up. We had a beautiful life there, I (...)
remember playing. I knew my husband before we fell in love and got married 11 years ago. Still we are together. I'm a good cook, but here we don't have anything to cook. I left everything in our village, my clothes, my stuff, everything. It's all burned now, after the rebels attacked our village.
"Two months ago I went to gather wood for cooking, three men attacked me and one raped me. I was alone and I couldn't protect myself.
"I had to tell to my husband. He just looked at me and didn't talk to me for weeks. I'm also trying to forget about it. But one thing I stopped doing is going out to gather wood." © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
Dieudonne, 48 year-old priest of the Roman Catholic church in Drodro:
"I'm here since two years ago. During this time, I've seen many m (...)
any women who come to me to ask for forgiveness." © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos
Newsha Tavakolian Democratic Republic Of Congo. Ituri province. Drodro. 2021.
An MSF ambulance found three wounded men on the road. They took them to the nearest clinic in Rho camp, which is a home to thousands of (...)
Hema, displaced because of the ethic tension between the Hema and Lendu in Ituri province.
People of the camp recognized the men as Lendu people and got angry and wanted to attack them, since they know Lendu are the reason of their displacement and all the difficulties they are facing.
Finally an MSF team had to move the three men to another hospital to prevent any conflict. © Newsha Tavakolian | Magnum Photos