Here’s a big resource-rich country, which was a basket case before it even became a country and has pretty much stayed that way. It seemed worth a visit even if it was on all the “don’t go” lists, writes Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet
Democratic Republic of Congo
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Bombshell UN report: ‘crimes of genocide’ against Hutus
A massive UN report, detailing war crimes in the Congo between 1993-2003, has finally been leaked to the press. The most controversial claim: that the massacres and attacks by Rwandan and Congolese troops against Hutus were an act of genocide.
Wars, rebels and child soldiers: why Africa is a continent of conflict
Africa’s brutal wars seem to never end. And they don’t, and won’t, because there is nothing specific that they are fighting for. Heavily armed banditry has taken over the continent, writes Jeffrey Gettleman.
Congo: rape problem escalating
Eastern Congo is already considered by the UN to be “the rape capital of the world”. But the recent increase in men on men rape is a worrying trend.
The tech industry’s bloody secret
The mineral trade that powers the manufacturing of computers, mp3 players, mobiles and other gadgets could also be funding a bloody civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Do some of the world’s biggest electronics companies have blood on their hands?
