This week I’d like to show you 2 photo essays related to 2 african countries.

Congo at the Crossroads is related to the forgotten conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (previously Zaïre). Since 1998 an estimated of 4 000 000 people have lost their lives due to this conflict, this is almost 2 times more victims every year than the 2004′s tsunami in Asia.

Pictures Marcus Bleasdale for Time Magazine.

Delta is related to the situation in the Niger Delta in south of Nigeria.
This oil-producing region generate huge amount of money, but only a small part is used by and for the people living there, it is estimated that 70% of this wealth is “lost” due to corruption.
If the population doesn’t see the money (most of them have less than 1$ a day to survive), they can see and feel the impact on their environment.

Pictures Ed Kashi for National Geoographic.