Congo’s military takes on new challenge: caring for army widows
After two decades of war, a new census in Eastern Congo will finally count the thousands of military widows. Many do not have access to the monthly compensation promised to them.
In Congo, Army wives battle for normalcy in a decades-long war
From overcrowded barracks to the frontlines, Congolese Army wives are an unseen and vulnerable population with next to zero support from the government. They struggle to make full lives out of little. Here is a story of one wife.