Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The woman whom I'm sponsoring through Women for Women International is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR). When I looked it up in Wikipedia, I was amazed to read this fact:
"The Second Congo War, beginning in 1998, devastated the country, involved seven foreign armies and is sometimes referred to as the "African World War." Despite the signing of peace accords in 2003, fighting continues in the east of the country. In eastern Congo, the prevalence of rape and other sexual violence is described as the worst in the world. The war is the world's deadliest conflict since World War II, killing 5.4 million people."
That's a lot of people.
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The woman whom I'm sponsoring through Women for Women International is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR). When I looked it up in Wikipedia, I was amazed to read this fact:
"The Second Congo War, beginning in 1998, devastated the country, involved seven foreign armies and is sometimes referred to as the "African World War." Despite the signing of peace accords in 2003, fighting continues in the east of the country. In eastern Congo, the prevalence of rape and other sexual violence is described as the worst in the world. The war is the world's deadliest conflict since World War II, killing 5.4 million people."
That's a lot of people.
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posted by Anonymous at
5:45 PM
2 Comments:
do you get any personal news about her?
I second DJ's question. and what a sad, sad, commentary on our world that this war has so little public knowledge when so many people have died. You better believe if that was going anywhere near the more developed world (EU, former USSR states, Japan, China, North America, South America) and that many people died, it would be headline news.
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