Figure 5.20: A refugee camp near the provincial capital of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Squalid conditions in refugee camps often lead to mass deaths due to diseases such as cholera, which results from contaminated water supplies and inadequate waste disposal. These deaths compound the horror of genocides, or ethnic cleansings, that necessitate the camps’ existence.
(ALAIN WANDIMOYI/EPA/Landov.)