Showcase: No Relief and Little Attention – Lens

Showcase: No Relief and Little Attention

Sexual violence, child soldiers, wounded refugees and malnutrition — there is no shortage of suffering in Congo. Amber Benham says that’s why Cédric Gerbehaye is there.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/showcase-105/

Sexual violence, civilian casualties, child soldiers, wounded refugees and malnutrition — there is no shortage of suffering in Congo.

And that is what engaged the attention of Cédric Gerbehaye, 32, who left journalism school with some basic photography skills, determined to pursue conflicts like the brutal fighting among militias and the Congolese army, which has been going on more than a decade with little interest from Western journalists.