RImages BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – JULY 1: Thomas Bahoire, a former hired gun who fought for the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), one …
RImages BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – JULY 1: Thomas Bahoire, a former hired gun who fought for the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), one of the many militias that have clashed in the DRC, hugs his son, Isaac, in his home July 1, 2005 in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo. Bahoire is now feeding his family by subsistence farming and does not want to return to fight in the bush but might have to if he cannot find another way to make money. Many men have fought for militias in the DRC as well as in areas of Western Africa because they have no other way to make money and get food. Often the fighters do not receive direct cash payments for their services but are given the “looting rights” to villages and remote thoroughfares. (Photo by Matt Moyer/Exclusive by Getty Images)