"Armed violence closes schools, empties markets, burdens health services, destroys families, weakens the rule of law, and prevents humanitarian assistance from reaching people in need."

- Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.

Angola: Towns, hospitals, and schools bear the scars of the 27-year civil war that ended in 2002. The conflict devastated the country’s infrastructure and provoked a humanitarian disaster.

Photo: J.B. Russell/Panos