ARMED AND DANGEROUS An unidentified member of a group of women protecting their island, Mbongo Soa, from Séléka rebels. Marie-Yvette, right, holds a picture of herself in her Séléka uniform.
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Meet the women who chose to TAKE UP ARMS in one of Africa’s most BITTER conflicts
COURTESY OF CASSANDRA VINOGRAD