[Channel 4 News] Horror of Congo's forgotten war 2008.03.27

[rizzlahdon]

forget the racist & white supremacists comments. the KKK & nazis r still alive as they inbred amongst themselves. emancipate urselves from anti-slavery fellow Afrikans.none but ourselves can free our minds.

[StyrbjornStarke]

Africans will always be africans.... you cant stop these people from killing and maiming each other, the best thing for these people would be to live under white rule like they did once

[obglobgablob]

Yes, black on black violence. You should totally blame white people for that. Hang all the liberal guilt you can, quick, before it's too late!

[nonofyall]

@obglobgablob okay, let's skip this race thing: Let's be completly objective and say:

the american GOVERNMENT supported the reign of the anti-communist leader Mobutu, a dictator who made Saddam look like santa claus. The Soviet union suported leftist guerilla in this country. Then they clashed with eachother. So let's not say it was white men: it was a superpower who sold weapons to madmen who then used it to destroy a country beyond recognition and take away every possibility of its development

[obglobgablob]

@nonofyall

Exactly. It's bastards using other bastards as pawns and puppets. The colour of a person's skin is merely incidental. But, that's how the cold war, and the backlash (lol, almost typed 'blacklash') was really 'fought': By the US and the USSR backing different sides in various civil wars in Africa, South America and Asia. War by proxy: It's almost as effective, and it doesn't lose you as many votes as sending your own boys off to fight and die.

[nonofyall]

@obglobgablob wow. Positively surprised. Well said.

[obglobgablob]

@nonofyall

You were expecting empty racism, weren't you?

I'm not thinking that there aren't white people out there who've played a hand in it. I just get tired of the usual liberal guilt scenario where people try to wholly blame white people/countries in general. But at the same time pointing the finger in the same manner at Africans is considered racism, even when you'd have to be insane to deny their part in any civil conflicts. It takes two to tango, after all.

[nonofyall]

@obglobgablob I feel ya man. I dont like that ''the blacks did this'' or ''the whites did that''. Because when you say it you usually include alot of people who are completly outside this matter. I think these liberals you talk about just dont know how to say words the right way. Never heard a white person say ''this is the white man's fault'' really. You shouldnt take blame for anything you havent done, but I do recommend we all try our best to make this a better world to live in.

[ComradeFlorian31]

EVERYTHING that is wrong with Africa today is the result of COLONIALIST PLUNDER which Europeans (and Jews) practiced and practice to this very day.

What Africa needs is a Mugabe for every single Africa country!

[Pamhatapezanu]

@ComradeFlorian31 fuck off cunt and zimbabwe is doing well with mugabe right . u r an ignorant stupid ass wipe

[ComradeFlorian31]

@Pamhatapezanu people like you have missed the part about US-British imposed SANCTIONS- completely

[richard199522]

@Pamhatapezanu mugabe pay europens 2 stay in power

[nem700]

@ComradeFlorian31

people need to ask how africa was living before imperialism. the colonialists have a heavy responsibility for the aftermath.

[MrCamus1967]

This should caution anyone who swallows the so called humanitarian wars in Libya and Ivory Coast. Congo is probably the richest country on earth in terms of minerals. The fact is nobody cares because the corporations still get to exploit the wealth of the countries. Kagame of Rwanda, Museveni of Uganda? Who supports them? They are good friends of the U.S. I even heard the Clintons, Pat Robertson, and many others have diamond mines in the Congo. The money trail will expose to you the silence

[philianou]

god help us.i for 1 feel sick how could you do this to your own people.you will be judged!!!!!

[akaRightWrong]

i broke down when the baby sobbed

[EmperorOfMars]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[jubilee203]

What's the purpose of the war again? Why are they fighting? I guess we'll have to let them fight it out. Eventually they'll wake up. Just like the Angolans, Nigerians, and other previously civil war ridden countries in the region that are now pursuing development. God bless them. I guess, in some way, everyone groups have to experience war so they can appreciate lasting peace. The Europeans went through theirs, the Asians did also. Now it's the Africans. hope it's not too late when they're done.

[MrLuckyboy11]

can u imagine one province itself is bigger than Rwanda??? what about the whole country....man these antropahage of Rwandese will pay the war they cost in our land. God bless the mighty innocent sacred beautyful country, RDCongo! May its victims rest in peace. I tear to see my brothers suffering.

[Remieagles]

We invaded Iraq, then executed Saddam because he killed a couple hundred people in the 80s. Yet these guys are killing thousands every day... How does that make sense??

[flyguyinmotion]

@Remieagles 14% of the worlds tapped oil supply,.... make sense now ?

[Lordangers]

@Remieagles Saddam killed millions in the 80's. Look up the Iraq-Iran war. Look up the slaughter of both Sunni and Shiet followers.

[blomstersenter]

these people should be given more guns and bombs

[mrgamingdork]

America will never help itself. Only the people, they good people who try to help these poor people. People of America i love you, America itself is evil.not the people.

[o0LoveLove0o]

@mrgamingdork thank you for that comment. I know we should not take what people write here personal but sometimes i get very bothered by the anti american comments. We do try to help ( the people ) i watch these all the time because seeing is the only way to know what is going on around us. I help with donations but i sometime wonder if the funding is going to the right people. i wish these innocent people would be given mercy.

[maidanbih]

hmmmm and the rest of the world (including me) is only watching ..... sad.. sad ....

[MrJoelthegreat]

at the moment are countrys are in Afghanistan fighting a war on terror which has cost hardly any lives from the actual terror itself, and fighting for human rights for the taliban women. but when theres way more people dieing in places like rwanda are countrys ignore them. that to me shows are countrys are just in Afghanistan for wealth and power gain and not really to save lives

[Lordangers]

@MrJoelthegreat The Congo has the largest mineral wealth on the planet and you think we are not there becuase of their riches?!

[MrJoelthegreat]

@Lordangers richer countries are already exploiting africa. They have most of the countries in debt and already get most of their wealth

[Lordangers]

@MrJoelthegreat Afghanistan was a poor country we abused and got our wealth from? Infact since invading our hold on their reserves has gone down because we have reduced corruption and the deposits have gone east now to China. If we invaded the Congo we would be seen as colonisers by Pan-Africans across the globe.

[nonofyall]

@Lordangers That's the most messed up shit. Chinese, arabs and americans pay congolese men to gather diamonds for them. When they have paid them however, these folks go and buy AK47s and kill children with them. Congo needs to be split up between the different ethnicities so they can find a way to make their living.

[Lordangers]

@nonofyall I don't deny that we pay congolese men for diamonds, it is a despicable trade. However my point is that if we go and sort things out, people shout imperialist.

[nonofyall]

@Lordangers what have anybody done to ''sort things out?''

[Lordangers]

@nonofyall I said IF

[fodabonita]

I wonder if we were to tell these people "it's all part of God's plan" if they would feel any more at peace, the same relief that a middle class suburban man feels when he doesn't donate any money for a relief fund....

[Bander1]

Well on the good side, the Congo war is only marginally better than the war in Liberia.

In terms of insanity, the war in Liberia is the most insane war in the world.In terms of the death toll, Congo is much worse.

At least the Congo does not have naked insane guerillas eating children and taking drugs while fighting.

[rottenpancakes]

Can we just nuke them to end their misery?

[worldwar2researcher]

This is so sad i cant imagine living like this :( 

[ishockmyself]

TNB



[andruchina]

I just watch this mondo documentary called Addio Africa. It's very racist in the way they portrayed the bad side of Africa after the colonizers left, but it shows you real war images of what was going on in Africa in the late 60's. If you're gonna watch it, make sure to watch the censured version in google videos. Because the uncensored it's very, very tough.

[chrstilen5]

Come on men, get your wepons and i'll rent a plane so we can fucking kill all the assholes!!!!!!!

[chrstilen5]

I was 4 years old when this started. Why dont people care for children other then there own? Why dident anyone do somting?

I was playing in the sand when someone arownd 4 just like me, got sliced by a machete. And we dident do shit!

Trust me, this is gonna happan agen, just in another way.

[Calqulate]

@chrstilen5 its happening right now..

[chrstilen5]

Tel me more please.

[Calqulate]

@chrstilen5 It was in the newspaper a couple days ago. My social studies teacher told me. Thats all i know.

[aqinthe]

@chrstilen5 You are right this will happen again is some form or another. It is human nature to destroy what is different than you. unfortunatly

[aqinthe]

Bless the people of Unicef and the Red cross. Fuck the people of pop culture.

[chrstilen5]

@aqinthe Pop culture? You mean like me and you?... come on you like pop. But i agre with you.

[aqinthe]

@chrstilen5 Pop coulture is entertaining but pop stars are empty. Paris Hilton for example brings nothing of substance.

[MrKorea]

africa = shit

[MusaShareef86]

@MrKorea Korea =What?its a war zone there to.What north korea and south korea are cool?you have it bad too.the world is bad not a certain place

[MrKorea]

@MusaShareef86 LOL - your comparing congo (third world country) with Korea (developed country). I live in Australia.. never experienced war but i feel for any kid stuck in such a shitty situation.

[MusaShareef86]

@MrKorea Im not comparing the two.open your eyes to what im saying.divide and conquer is their game plan.people who live in the same country,divide them,give each side weapons,give each different flags and use color or other physical features to distinguish the two and do that across the world.some are just worst then other but same roots.

[mysticx0]

how the hell can anyone willingly bring a baby into that dangerous world? its pure evil. either they like the misery and like being the victim or they are just truly backwards evil people.

[Windaira]

@mysticx0 What are you talking about? They don't have a choice. There's virtually no birth control and many of the people are raped. You don't have any right to judge people for that.

[mysticx0]

@Windaira when 90% of their economy is foreign aid and with the usa sending the most to this entire continent, i absolutely have every right to judge.

[hokagealex]

@mysticx0 uhh does rape come in mind??

[joeyboi83]

These Are the people we are letting into our country... This is why multiculturalism didn't work... I'm sorry to offend but it's a fact....

[TheTruthHurtsAmerica]

@joeyboi83 This didn't work because Belgium divided the race by the shape of the head and eyes and nose. Those with supposed Aryan traits "Tutsi" were given status and I'd's to show it. While those with "less than" traits were called "Hutu." and given a lower status. So when the Belgians left payback was coming.

[TheTruthHurtsAmerica]

@joeyboi83 The thing about it, looking at them you could never spot which was which. It was only by their I'd's. Its just a another case of Aryan mans divide and conquer tactic. Remember Vietnam? Africa,? Latin America,? Korea, Iraq.? I have to give credit to China though, they stopped you and your opium in Hong Kong. (The only reason they still have an Empire.) Thats why they haven't ended up like the rest of the people of color. Remember,Iran and North Korea wont be throwing rocks and sticks

[richard199522]

@joeyboi83 did you know that europens, china and us, started all the wars in africa and arabs country because of the oil and mines , or did you knew europens started up osam bin laden, I'm sorry to offend but it's a fact

[conmyisafag]

@richard199522 do you know that you're an idiot? The 2md congo war was started by the Rwandan/Ugandan invasion of the DRC and funded by their looting of minerals. It was prolonged because the governments of Angola and Zimbabwe defended the DRC government in exchange for economic consessions. Not one of those countries is europe, china, or the US. Furthermore, there was ethnic fighting in this region long before colonialism. get a clue.

[Jakovian12345]

LOL, burn those niggers))))

[MsLuvChild7]

my heart, my stomach, my throat, and my mind, feel ways i cant comprehend.I have a daughter and young daughter and i simply cant imagine. In the safety of my home in Canada. I dont feel safe i feel helpless and selfish that i am this safe. I have nothing to cry for because i am lucky yet all i want to do is cry i cant imagine.....what do we do to help and is there much that we can do???

[xteam1234]

become a red cross worker

[truthfulexposure]

people please understand europeans were behind this WHOOOOOLE thing. i am not being racist...i am being truthful.

god bless these souls.

[truthfulexposure]

people please understand this kiling was going on ba

[asianattack69]

Deethrem you dont know shit, Weapond wernt supplied by america. They were supplied by China dipshit. and they were machettes..

[Deethrem]

Mr Wikipedia, you think you it know all. I wont waste my time on you because it appears you have no idea of what goes around in the procurement circles.

[Deethrem]

Africans killing themselves with weapons supplied by America and Russia. Americans making more money selling footages they call 'news' You make me sick

[mizzoulibertarian]

what weapons did the US sell?

[Deethrem]

Are you on drugs or something?

[mizzoulibertarian]

the us does not make rpgs

[Deethrem]

but the can buy them

[asgarnon]

raped a 2 yr old?

wow am black and am wow wtf is happening to our race where not apes not monkeys

not barbarians why are they doing this??

[sharkloaner]

If they have no food, how do these niggas feel like fucking? Aren't they supposed to be starved and drained out of energy? Fucking apes!

[lespaul369]

ignorant

[blomstersenter]

I have sold lots of weapons in kongo to both of the groups fighting. Both of them told me that they where going to use it for protection only.

These people are just stupid and deserves too die.

Its called natural selection

[jamartgallery]

your just stupid for selling weapons, FULL STOP! let alone to them,,,If your not already invovled in it, then next stage the drug trade,,,, its all about the money to wankers like you,

[blomstersenter]

you must be really stupid, have you ever been thinking that life is not all about money.

reality check, wake up

[jamartgallery]

perhaps you didn't actually read my comment! I am not an arms seller, I am not a drug dealer, I'm just a person who is offended by your profession!,,your the one who should get over themselves, and perhaps properly read a comment before a stupid response,,,,IDIOT!

[Cdikalo]

@blomstersenter and ur momma deserves to be on my dick! racist fuck!!!

[thakorsaheb]

And most of the millitary and rebels in these countries are .. on DRUGS. on cocaine and everything...

they do so much EVIL STUFF....

ill never be able to live normal .. this will allways haunt me.. even if i have nothing to do with this is horrible

[thakorsaheb]

Even in many cases.. the UNITED NATIONS.. so called peace keeping army.. have supplied to rebel forces in different african countries... RED CROSS busses used to transport arms..

ITS ALL A BIG GAME FOR THE WORLDS RICHESTS!

you want to survive.. KILL THE GREED

[thakorsaheb]

Theres alot of propaganda in africa.. agaisnt people... its just to keep them split and supply arms to them.. and let them fight while the .."WORLD POLICE" steal natural resources.. like diamonds , gold and oil... you name it...

[star4ev3r]

Honestly, It makes me kinda ashamed to live in America. I mean I was born in 1994...and i JUST heard about what happend to them last week. I cant believe they did nothing about it.

[riebeekkasteel]

Sub-Saharan africa implicitly says: Apartheid & Rhodesia was better! Hurray!this is Africa - you do not have to feel guilty. if the blacks do not murder other tribes, they commit muti murders: snipping babies'penisses / harvesting (live!) eyes, hearts, livers for MUTI: potion to keep evil spirits away. They have no toilets? And then they blame Apartheid that provided 10000's of toilets specially for blacks!!

[catbonez]

not america's job, you dummy

[star4ev3r]

Shutup.

[loachendormi]

How convenient it is, isn't it, Megalol54? Being able to hide one's ugly face behind a pc and send nasty comments!

Do you get a kicker out of this?

[loachendormi]

This world I live in makes me sick to the core.

[muanakinshasa]

this why africans nations are called sagaves by W.M

[MegaLol54]

black people are such savages.

[MrAntimoron]

...and you must be the lowest life form, MegaLol54.

[catbonez]

totalMoron

[catbonez]

yes, even in America

[worldwar2researcher]

@loachendormi  I totally agree with you.

[TimothyBragan]

@loachendormi Hahaha calm down man it's just Africa.

[CULAVE]

Hideous War. I hope the DRC will see peace and progress in my lifetime- sooner rather than latter.

[dogubomb]

You are a complete idiot. Don't bother anyone with your religious propaganda. If you're so sure about this, please tell me why in Genesis 1:6 it says that water lies above the firmament. Earth is not engulfed in water; outside of Earth is space, not an ocean but according to idiotic Christians like yourself, you expect us to blindly follow words that were dictated and interpreted by mere men, not God himself. You're not fooling anyone with your cultist ways.

[fireforge1979]

just mark him as spam :)

[inwoods]

One life is precious, at least an overpowering show of force in these regions to stop such violence would be worth fighting for and worth laying down your life for. Anybody who is anywhere in this world should not have to suffer this. Someone should takeout the FDLR, the interhamwe (make them do community service), the LRA in Uganda, the Chinese from Tibet, the extremists anywherew who have no compassion for human life or any life. Its disgusting, the military serves only economic forces.

[helenkarijo]

it makes me soo emotional watching this especially knowing that congo is my neighboring country,i'm sad

[phili878]

As always in such wars it comes back to only one thing, does not matter whether Hutu or Tutsi. It is all about: POWER and MONEY. And as always, the civilian population suffers the consequences. There is your nutshell explanation of how things play down in 3rd world countries all over the world and always will :(

[artysm7]

always will if people keep ignoring the problem, do nothing to help physically or financially. the real problem is the scale of the problem. how you can put it in a nutshell is behond me. most feel the problem is too large to make a difference upon so they give up. we must not give up.

[phili878]

i can put it in a nutshell after having as you said "physically and financially" helped. Physically by repairing and building better housing for remote located people that suffered from civil wars. Financially by sending, PCs, flashlights that work for 20 years on same battery for clinics and organized people to donate over 20 000 USD which is not much for us, but a lot for them (5 USD pays a semester of school), so I say again, MONEY and POWER. end of story

[Killayut]

The TUTSIS are the problem. I have seen and met Tutsis who claim the hutus are inferior and can never lead them. They treat the hutus like slaves. The hutus are only fighting against tutsi oppression. The world should know. The hutus just want equal right and survival right.

[De5928]

you people can be such racist assholes saying the people of africa are animals, who are we to say that even thought we have had bigger wars (WWII,WWI,civil war, cold war, etc) the problem in somalia occured because we are not as strong there as we are in the middle east

[mightypog]

I don't care how inept the god damn UN is now. We need a good international police force one day or this shit will go on forever. We're in the early days of international law, but we will get there. We have to. As humans, we have to. We can not give up.

[scottp8976]

what the fuck are we supposed 2 do these people will never change,all they know is violence,the world is better off without them, keep up the goodwork ,do the world a favour and wipe yourselves out,who will miss them?

[Xaymaicana]

you're a SAD, PATHETIC PIECE OF SHIT and I have little regard for ppl like you who have that bitch ass "better them than me mentality".

[artysm7]

ignorant prick you have no idea....the world would be better without pieces of shit like you. we caused this problem you fucking fool, we will fix it.

[phili878]

if you answered to me, read what I replied to artysm7

[bigbuffindian]

Videos of people falling on their ass get over 6 million views...yet this has only 18,921. It's scary how much of the world is in denial, kept in the dark, or actively chooses to close themselves into a bubble. This needs to be seen.

[Xaymaicana]

exactly.

[tamaduni]

And the civilised world stands aside and looks

[reuven2007]

This been going on for thousands of years or more. Remember Somalia! They don't want Democracy or anything modern! They do not want any foreign interference from "civilized" countries.......

[Xaymaicana]

exactly Tamaduni! so Reuven20007 does that make that shit right to just watch? funny Americans/The world sympathize with israel in a war that they have been fighting against muslims for MUCH longer. your excuse is horse tripe. hypocracy at its finest.

[renriq02]

Nobody said it was right or wrong, but why doesn't Jamaica sent troops? Why don't Jamaicans volunteer instead of critiquing America? I know, excuses and more excuses!

You write that you care but at the end it's all B.S.

[Xaymaicana]

lmfao! why dont Jamaicans join? because just like the american WHITE gov. the whites in Jamaica are not showing us whats going on in Africa in detail. you CANT deny when Jamaicans hear about the bullshit africans go through WE react. not all of us a poor sweetie and some of us DO go to Africa and "attempt" to make changes just like some of us fought with ethiopia to fight off the italians....thank you. lastly i wasnt talking to you and therefore i dont give a fuck that you believe/what you feel.

[rwandankunda]

No matter how appealing this documentaries are, they leave out important sections of truth. The guys doesn't mention Laurent Nkunda and his terrorist activities. He doesnt mention that this terrorist is funded by Rwanda. Its complicated as he says, but he could me more honest

[Xaymaicana]

i must say i commend you being a rwandan and admitting that even ppl in your own country are messed up. no nation is without fault. i am a Jamaican and we go through HARD TIMES but when Africa goes through unnecessary wars it kills my heart and I plan to do something to help in the future. It may not be much but my heart means well and I love my homeland. it pains me.

[artysm7]

i plan to visit africa later this year to do anything i can to help, something must be done, it's not right.

[worldwar2researcher]

@artysm7 God bless you!

[chris96kalonji]

@artysm7 America is one of the biggest reason, why the war's happening.

[aquaholick999]

there is no god

[aquaholick999]

god those Congo men are animals they should be rounded up and culled.

[gomma21]

your mum she should be culled for giving birth to freak like you.i bet your tutsi ugly fucking race you are the problem in the part of the world. just leave congo take your friend hutu carry on killing each other in peace in that little country of yours

[Utka9]

I'd like to have this teenager speak at the UN and see him on major TV channels.

[reuven2007]

Don't you remember Somalia? The U.N. moved in and the war lords stole the food and the U.S. sent a team to capture the main chief and "blackhawk down". That's why no U.S. president including Obama will risk going there........

[ChillMore669]

i like to say that i believe in god, but when i see things like this, i question myself...

[apsfh8]

after watching that how could you possibly suggest or even joke about 'nuking' the congo? are you seriously that ignorant?

I'm guessing you're american, by your ingenious use of the word nuke, so it doesn't surprise me that once again an american carelessly exhibits an apathetic arrogant mentality towards a genocidal situation in Africa. Go to university and develop an educated opinion, or even some empathy, and then comment on a serious issue like this.

[jethro1985]

meifeng is a retard...who doesnt know how to use the word irony...

[lllmzqt4u]

I agree

[alexmulenge]

I wonder where they get all these statistics from??

[Meifeng488]

damn just nuke all of congo and be done with it

[Meifeng488]

live like apes eh?

lol!

irony

[CULAVE]

This terrible war is the worst since WW2.

SAVE the DRC!

[abcabbs]

yea! people in africa are dieing everyday!

all because of rebels!

[nuttytartnz]

who is suppling these ppl with guns and uniforms. I we just let this happen, we should hang our heads in same. Time the world stood up and said no more.

[armunaekti1]

i am so tired of the hiv lie everyone watch dr sebi who has proven that hiv is not sexual transmitted and he has the cure and knows what it really is h3 htlv created by nobel prize winning europeans and were did they create it in congo how come europeans never show the shit hole europe and what a shit hole it is

[shywiseowl]

Ummm...What planet do you come from? Wake up man! Tak the rose tinted glasses off and get real!

[jigilowman]

Romeo Dallaire is a great man. hope more people would be like him and help this epidemic's end so in the end we get a peaceful Africa

[Babyfacedblackjesus]

Why isnt the UN stopping this horror?they have the power to wipe out all the rebels but it looks like they are busy fighting iraq for no reason so it means they dont care about Africans!Its shameful though!

[Sindabya]

All this is complicated.

The role of Rwanda and RPF is very important.

Rwanda invaded DRC and killed millions of Hutus and other congolese. Unless Rwanda decide to introduce democracy and dialogue with its opponents otherwise we will still face the same problems

[Babyfacedblackjesus]

But arent the hutus in congo the ones who perpetrated the genocide agaisnt tutsis in Rwanda?And the Rwandan government is following them to bring them to justice?

[cobenobo]

DUMB ASS. The RPF didn't kill millions of hutus. The hutu interhamwhe tried to kill all the tutsis for no reason.

[armunaekti1]

did you no the un is the rebels

[anthonyo4]

UN is americas little toy

The UN serves governments not citizens

itdoesnot give a shit about me you or any body who isnt rich, famous, owns an oil company or is in government

[celticsfan34x]

your have no clue 60% of american want out UN now days and cold war shown UN is a joke

[reuven2007]

Blackhawk down? Nobody wants to relive those days.......

[BiltongBaz]

You spot on ! UN actually wants African countries to crumble. Just look at Rwanda, Zimbabwe & thre soon to be South Africa

The more African countries fall apart, the better it suits the UNs objectives

[sugermeli]

And the people dont do anything, just like Rwanda