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Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have caused an estimated 5.4 million deaths since 1998. Most perished from disease and malnutrition. In the Kivus, violence continues to rage with Congolese women and girls suffering increasingly brutal attacks.

This is about the Congo and justice that is needed.

Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth - A short documentary looking at the situation in Central Africa

Civil war, drought and disease have triggered emergency food shortages in 16 African countries, warns a UN food agency.

News about Congo, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Highlights From the Archives Despite years of experience and billions of dollars, the peacekeeping force still seems to be failing at its task of protecting civilians.

A guide to Congo with articles, photos, facts, videos, and news from National Geographic.

Armed conflict in the DRC involving the national army and a range of Congolese and foreign armed groups has continued mostly in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu since the war officially ended in 2002. All fighting forces have unlawfully recruited boys and girls and have used them in hostilities including, although not only, as fighters.

A print ready bulletin insert is available for you to include in your weekly bulletin so the members of your congregation can have the information they need to make a difference this season. Notes are available that provide background information on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and World Relief's work there.

A resurgence of violence in Congo reached a pinnacle this week as M23 rebel fighters seized Goma and a nearby international airport, increasing widespread concerns amongst humanitarian organizations that some of those fighting on the front lines are child soldiers.

Angelina Jolie is meeting with women and girls in eastern Congo, where sexual violence is rampant. Jolie, a special envoy for the UN refugee agency, traveled to the Nzulo camp near Goma on Monday along with British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Early this week, authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo abruptly decided to close during the night two border posts normally used by thousands, mainly cross-border traders operating in the towns of Goma (Eastern DRC) and Gisenyi sector in Rubavu District on the Rwandan side.

In November 2012 the M23 group besieged Goma, the regional capital of Congo's eastern province of North Kivu. The violence forced tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here, people flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, on November 22, 2012.

For more than a century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plagued by regional conflict and a deadly scramble for its vast natural resources. In fact, greed for Congo's natural resources has been a principal driver of atrocities and conflict throughout Congo's tortured history.

Clutching her only surviving child, grieving mum Dusabe Canta reveals the shocking truth of Congo's civil war. As she describes the massacre that tore her family apart, international development secretary Douglas Alexander - on a visit to the troubled African state - is visibly shaken.

The M23 rebel group is fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo military for control of the country, and the violence is driving tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here on November 22, thousands fled the town of Sake and headed east to the camps for displaced in the village of Mugunga.

Photo by Meher Ali / MONUC MONUC peacekeepers and FARDC troops conducting operations at Kengelu in Ituri Violence has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since its emergence from Belgian colonial rule in 1960.

Democratic Republic of Congo or DR Congo is a war torn Central African country bordering the republic of Sudan to the north, The republics of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda in the east, The republics of Zambia and Angola to the south and the Atlantic ocean to the west with about 37km coastline.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is quickly becoming recognized as a wonderful option for families looking to grow their families through adoption. The DRC has about 4.2 million orphan children due to significant poverty, death of one or more parents by HIV/AIDS, war and famine.

This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Media coverage is poor and yet there have been millions of refugees and over five million killed since the war began around August 1998.

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