Photograph by Ugo Borga.

Central African Republic, Obo, November 2019: Anne and Madò were kidnapped about three years ago by the Lord's Resistance Army. They were working in the fields. They met during their imprisonment and learned to trust each other. After about two and a half years of unspeakable torture and violence, they decided to try to escape. Now they live together with Obo, in a hut that Madò's aunt gave to them. Due to the extremely serious psychological traumas suffered during their kidnapping, they are not yet able to fully provide for themselves and live hand to mouth. They have not received any help. They both say that they would not have survived without mutual comfort and support.

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Ugo Lucio Borga is an Italian writer and photojournalist. His work has always focused on wars, even forgotten ones, on humanitarian crises, on social and environmental issues in Africa, South America, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

He has carried out in-depth coverage all over the world including events such as the Arab Spring, the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Somalia, Libya, Syria, South Sudan, religious clashes in northern Lebanon, the dictatorship of Eritrea, the war in Ukraine, the war in Iraq against the Islamic State.

He is president of the Six Degrees Association, which aims to openly talk about wars, ethnicity, religious and racial conflicts, political and social instability, issues related to immigration, poverty, marginalization and discrimination in all parts of the world.