With just days until the next presidential election on March 21, our team went to the Pool region in the south of #CongoBrazzaville. Back in 2016, the area was the site of a brutal war triggered by post-electoral #violence which saw militiamen known as the “#Ninjas” take up arms against government forces. A ceasefire was signed in December 2017, but the wounds are still raw.
War trauma lingers in Congo-Brazzaville’s Pool region
