Scorched earth: how the search for gold has scarred DRC's Haut-Uélé province

In the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, forests have been cleared for mines and the roads that service them. Large companies take what they can and move on, leaving abandoned ponds, toxic rivers and scraps of precious metal left in the groundWords and photographs by Guerchom Ndebo in Moku with support from the National Geographic Society Continue reading...