Moloukou, Central African Republic — “Not long after dawn, these four girls walked back from a stream to their small, thatched homes, jerrycans of water balanced on their heads. Their village lies deep in the remote Lomba Forest in the CAR-DRC borderlands where Central African communities have lived for millennia. Indigenous groups here can trace one of the most ancient lineages in Africa but lack any official paperwork that would substantiate their genuine claim to this contested land, leaving them vulnerable to eviction and exploitation”