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1. Kalashnikov: Female fighters in Congolese rebel groups

   
   
   Colonel Fanette Umuraza is pictured at M23 headquarters in northern Kivu. A 32-year-old with a university degree in political science, she vehemently champions the ideology of M23's military chief Sultani Makenga, having worked her way up to serve as his right-hand woman.
   
   
   
   M23 Major Fanette Rwagati, dancing with Local women in Kibumba
   
   M23 Major Fanette Rwagati
   
   
   
   Colonel Fanette Umuraza, 32 years old. Fanette joined M23 having previously fought in the CNDP, M23’s predecessor. She says she chose these rebel groups because she shares their ideology. M23 press conference following fighting over internal divisions. Kibumba, (territory controlled by rebel group M23), North Kivu, DRC

   
   

   MS Kalashnikov | Female fighters in Congolese rebel groups..In contemporary African wars women continue to play a variety of crucial roles, and yet they remain invisible to the world.

   
   SOURCE: JAMII FORUM