Congo-Kinshasa: Cows, Pastures, and Family - in Ituri, Former Militants Return to Civilian Life

Congo-Kinshasa: Cows, Pastures, and Family - in Ituri, Former Militants Return to Civilian Life

Saturday, May 24, 2025. It is a little past 11 a.m., under the scorching sun, in the Tsere community in the Ituri province. Samuel, in his thirties, watches with a discreet smile the lush enclosure where about twenty cows are grazing. This pasture, these animals, this workspace... All of it represents more than just livestock farming: it's a promise of stability, a symbol of a break from years spent in the bush, marked by violence within the Zaï…