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Pygmies Fleeing Congo War Bring Tales of Cannibals

From a hilltop in Congo’s dense northeastern forests, Amzati Njogi watched rebels eat his mother, brother, sister and her two small children. When the rebels came, Njogi, a pygmy from the virtually impenetrable forests of the Ituri region, was out hunting for food with a bow and arrows. “I am going to tell you exactly what I saw,” he said, his four-foot frame rigid as he began to tell his story. “I saw bad things taking place. I heard people screaming, my mother, sister. I decided to go closer…to see what was going on. Then it all went quiet.” Full Story