“Sometimes i’m dumbfounded, you see Iraq in the news the whole time, you see Afghanistan in the news the whole time, you see Darfur getting extraordinary amounts of coverage- justifiably- but over and above all of these conflicts, what’s going on in Congo is as bad if not worse than all of those conflicts combined, and for me it’s extraordinary why people don’t continuously have this on the front page, I’m baffled why people don’t look at it more.”

Marcus Bleasdale has spent the better part of the last decade covering the constant conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His work has been seen in publications around the world, and has won many awards. CBC recently interviewed him about his work (video is currently on page 2 of the video player, or you can get to it here)

For more of Bleasdale’s work, visit his website, or check out his book, One Hundred Years of Darkness.