Chronic violence and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevent the civilian population from accessing their country’s agricultural wealth. In the Starved for Attention film “The Malnutrition That Shouldn’t Be,” photojournalist Franco Pagetti reveals the daily struggle to survive in North Kivu’s forbidding bush and teeming, fetid displaced persons camps, where food is scarce and the people are on edge, ready to run at a moment’s notice.
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Photo: Democratic Republic of Congo 2009 © Franco Pagetti/VII
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