UN peacekeepers guard Congolese farmers in their fields
A Nepalese peacekeeper from Monusco escorts an internally displaced Congolese woman returning from the fields carrying a sack of her harvest on her head in Fataki, Ituri province, DRC on December 12, 2024.
Under a scorching sun in Democratic Republic of Congo, many of the farmers tending to their fields in the troubled eastern region are guarded by United Nations peacekeepers.
The UN mission has fallen under increasing scrutiny over the years as the eastern conflict between rebel groups, self defence forces and other militias has raged.
