MS Kalashnikov | Female fighters in Congolese rebel groups..In contemporary African wars women continue to play a variety of crucial roles, and yet they remain invisible to the world. Only a handful of researchers and journalists have appreciated the impo

Colonel Fanette Umuraza, 32 years old. Fanette joined M23 having previously fought in the CNDP, M23’s predecessor. She says she chose these two rebel groups because she shares their ideology. Military base of M23, Rumangabo, (territory controlled by rebel group M23), North Kivu, DRC

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