Photojournalism at the Crossroads

Better the Devil You Know
"The fighters shown in these photographs are FDLR [Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda] rebels on the day of being sworn into the Congolese national army, the FARDC [Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo], in the mountain village of Masisi, North Kivu. This movement — a kind of legitimization of war criminals — is supported by the international community in a kind of policy of "better the devil you know.' "

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