NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2005: Still Photography Winners: Magazine Feature

3rd Place: Marcus Bleasdale, Saturday Telegraph Magazine/3ppp; The Rape of a Nation - Natural resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo Artisanal Goldminers in Wasta North Eastern Congo. Most of these miners are combatants who have controlled mineral rich areas and are profiting from their exploitation. Most of the Gold mined in this region leaves DRC illegally and is sent to Uganda. Illness and disease are rife malaria being the biggest killer, no aid workers are based in this region and no medical aid is available as it is thought to be too dangerous to work, two UN soldiers were killed and dismembered here last year.

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BOP 2005 Still Photo Winners > Magazine Feature