Goma games: how chess offers DRC’s displaced children respite from conflict – in pictures | Global development

Children in an IDP camp in Kibati, near Goma in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, prepare to play chess. They prepared with a waterproof, collapsible chess board and pieces provided by Chess in the City, a local initiative to introduce children to the game. All photos by Arlette Bashizi, Reuters