/bookmarks/in-pictures-thousands-flee-congo-fighting I don't quite know why, but today there seem to be DRC photos everywhere - front page of (and centrefold) of the Guardian and many other newspapers and sites. These pics are worth a look - and the hope is, that with images to help tell this story, people will start taking notice of this situation. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:33:14 +0000 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:33:14 +0000 en-uk <img alt="damianrafferty" src="/avatars/39/square/digg_logo_100.jpg?1251220327" /> <span class="mask">&#160;</span> damianrafferty said: <blockquote><p>I would imagine it is very difficult and dangerous to get to eastern Congo and out again with images at the best of times but right now it must be even harder. There is little infrastructure and shifting sands of millitias to contend with. In this case, I can imagine that the lack of pictures is not so much conspiracy but practical reality.</p> <p>What is disturbing though is that nearly 5 million Congolese have died since war broke out and the state of the nation's gorillas is still much bigger news.</p></blockquote> damianrafferty Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:33:14 +0000 http://protectthehuman.amnesty.org.uk/bookmarks/in-pictures-thousands-flee-congo-fighting#comment_2063 http://protectthehuman.amnesty.org.uk/bookmarks/in-pictures-thousands-flee-congo-fighting#comment_2063 <img alt="fionamc" src="/avatars/17483/square/me.jpg?1262608155" /> <span class="mask">&#160;</span> fionamc said: <blockquote><p>It can only be a good thing that photos from this latest eruption of violence are being featured so prominently. It seems that conflicts throughout Africa, which have a massive humanitarian impact, are all too readily ignored.</p></blockquote> fionamc Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:02:52 +0000 http://protectthehuman.amnesty.org.uk/bookmarks/in-pictures-thousands-flee-congo-fighting#comment_2059 http://protectthehuman.amnesty.org.uk/bookmarks/in-pictures-thousands-flee-congo-fighting#comment_2059