3 good lengthy quotes about the tragedy in the Congo.
"Let's be honest. We ignore Congo's atrocities because it's in Africa. For more than a hundred years DRC ie: Congo has endured horror upon horror with barely any outcry. It would not be allowed to continue elsewhere..........the country was the site of the deadliest war since the fall of Hitler, and yet the vast majority of people in the West are not aware of it, nor aware of the ongoing conflict and atrocities to this day.........this is the world's least developed country in terms of life expectancy, education, standard of living and key health indicators; and yet this vast country of nearly 80 million people barely punctures our consciousness. Why?" "Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot.......in a country the size of Western Europe, a war has raged and conflict continues to rage that has cost millions of lives and caused suffering to millions of others........rival militias inflict appalling suffering on the civilian population, and what pas...
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