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My latest multimedia piece, incorporating photography, video and audio, documenting the plight of the few remaining Muslims, living in three ghettos of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic

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South Sudan: Shattered Dreams

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South Sudan: Shattered Dreams

Discussing the new multimedia project I have just been working on, for IRIN news - South Sudan: Shattered Dreams …

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Death of a Hero

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Death of a Hero

He walked into battle seemingly without fear. As shells whistled overhead last July, Colonel Mamadou Ndala, towering above the men he commanded, stood tall, constantly switching between the mobile phone in one hand and the walkie-talkie in the other, and marched through the rugged, volcanic rock issuing orders to advance. He wasn’t armed, but trusted his men around him completely. Walking back from the front, three tanks were lined along the road. He shouted orders into his...

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The Fall of M23

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The Fall of M23

Crowds of civilians lined the rugged dirt-road leading through a string of villages towards Bunagana. They were cheering and singing the hundreds of men in uniform that were marching up, the drab uniforms a stark contrast to the colourful cloths wrapped around ululating women. Sweat dripped down these soldiers' faces, their shoulders burdened with heavy, macabre instruments of destruction: tank shells, mortars and boxes of ammunition.

This was the first time the government army had been in these hills for well over a year, having been ousted in July 2012 by ...

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Making a killing

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Making a killing

In a dusty backstreet of Goma, where cars creep past slowly over the jagged, volcanic rock on which the city is built, Lulu Castofas sits under a parasol. He wears a flat cap and a thick, black beard, peppered with grey. Around his neck hangs a ...

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