An award-winning photojournalist joins France 24's Stuart Norval to share how he uses his art form as a way to advocate for the people he is bringing to life in his photos. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham’s images offer us an intimate view of the on-going brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as the "forgotten war," as the government continues to battle the Tutsi-led M23 rebel fighters in their latest insurgency.
More than 7 million people have already been displaced there amid the extreme violence. Mr. Cunningham takes us into the lives of the innocent civilians and families hit hardest by the ruthless conflict, bringing us a very human side to their harrowing plight. And now at Perpignan's Festival of Photojournalism 2024, he has won the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Humanitarian Visa d'or award. This prominent international photojournalism festival showcases the most gripping images across the globe, telling the world's stories in French Catalonia, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees!
