Millionaire Congolese businessman Jean-Pierre Bemba was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday. Jerry Lampen/AP hide caption
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Hair salons and bicycles are abundant in Bumba, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Courteys of Dr. Heidi Larson hide caption
In 1995, amid an Ebola outbreak, Zairian Red Cross personnel picked up sick people and bodies left on the streets of Kikwit, 250 miles from the capital Kinshasa. Jean-Marc Bouju/AP hide caption
Gen. Bosco Ntaganda addresses a news conference in Kabati, a village located in Congo's North Kivu province, on Jan. 8, 2009. He showed up at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali on Monday and asked to be transferred to The Hague where is wanted on war crimes charges. Abdul Ndemere/Reuters /Landov hide caption
A M23 rebel in the streets of Goma. Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Fleeing the fighting: Internally displaced Congolese sit inside a United Nations base in Monigi, near Goma, as they seek shelter from the violence. Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Colonel Soleil's Boys, 2010 Rebels of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) are integrated into the Congolese national army, the FARDC, at Mushaki, Masisi Territory, North Kivu. Richard Mosse hide caption