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August 28, 2011

The Tragedy of Eastern Congo

Michael Gerson, Calgary Herald

This is the outsized politics of Congo, possessing a disproportionally large allotment of mineral wealth, and home to the bloodiest global conflict since the Second World War. More than 30 armed groups live off the land and the wealth beneath it, often using rape as a strategy of terror and control.

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TAGGED: Congolese army, Congo, Eastern Congo, Africa

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