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A child, accompanied by his older brother, receives a blood transfusion for acute malnutrition in Dibaya's hospital. This is the only mattress left in the hospital after Kamuina Nsapu militants destroyed and looted the premises last year.
A girl in Tshilumba stands in front of the houses where FARDC soldiers stored the bodies from the massacre, before burying them in mass graves.
Armed robbers sit on the steps of the police station in Kananga after having been caught, and beat, by the local population.
Syrian refugees leave the Lebanese city of Aarsal to return to Syria on 22 July 2018.
YAIM outreach
Mustapha Sallah and Jacob Ndow on the air.
Mustapha Sallah and Jacob Ndow recording their weekly half-hour segment on Capital FM radio.
YAIM co-founder Jacob Ndow.
The Returnees from the Backway association.
Rights activist Samira Gutoc lost her home during the siege before turning to humanitarian work. She continues to advocate for Marawi’s displaced: “We need to highlight that there are groups working on the ground.”
Philippine soldiers man a checkpoint as civilians briefly return home to Marawi. Continuing militarisation in Mindanao is a major grievance for Muslim communities. The government declared martial law after the siege began, but it’s still in effect.
Roughly 60,000 people are still displaced in Marawi. The central core lies in ruins. Local aid group say tensions are high, and that any missteps in the government’s rebuilding plans could fuel new grievances.
Some 60,000 people are still displaced, months after the Philippine army declared an end to fighting in Marawi. Some local NGOs are helping to deliver aid in government-run evacuation centres, but they say the entire region needs far more support.
Rey Barnido leads Duyog Marawi. He says the group’s 140 volunteers, who were displaced during the fighting, are integral to building peace: “They speak the language. They know that the communities.”

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