A child carries a bed roll in the KIbati II refugee camp outside Goma in the Eastern DRCFARDC soldiers await an intergration ceremony in Rumangabo, DRCWajir, KenyaAn informal settlement in central South AfricaA woman walks though a dried up lake bed along the Kenya-Somalia border. Severe drought has affected the area for years.Congolese IDPs in Eastern DRCRwandan troops leave Eastern DRCUN peacekeepers in Eastern DRCMen play cards in Mobasa, Kenya during the post-election violence that consumed the nation in 2009.A woman washes clothes in a refugee camp in Eastern DRCPolice guard dignitaries during a military parade in Eastern DRCA soldier swings a baton during the Rwandan pull-out from mineral-rich Eastern DRCChildren carry water in a Congolese IDP campSomali herders, having traveled hundreds of miles, arrive at a water source in Mandera province, KenyaExiled Zimbabweans protest outside the country’s consulate in Pretoria, South AfricaRwandan troops leave Eastern DRC weeks after launching a surprise operation in Eastern Congo.Emaciated and thirsty animals are brought to a water source in drought-stricken East Africa.Ankole cows graze in rural Rwanda. The cattle are part of a distribution project in the country designed to provide income for the rural poor.A displaced man dances near Rutshuru. Hundreds of thousands of people had to flee their homes throughout Eastern Congo during a return to war in 2009A child playfully brandishes a machete during Kenya’s post-election crisis.Women talk as their animals drink in East Africa.An entertainer reacts to Congolese army orders.UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meets with skeptical Congolese refugees.Congolese soldiers on parade.
James Stairs 