Inside Story - Crisis in DR Congo - Nov 2 2008 part 1

The UN is to send a convoy of food and medical supplies to help the 250,000 people displaced by recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Thousands of people have been displaced in eastern DR Congo amid fighting between government forces and fighters from the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP).

The CNDP is led by Laurent Nkunda, a renegade general who says he is fighting to protect the region's ethnic Tutsis.

The latest outbreak of violence is threatening to escalate an already disastrous humanitarian situation.

Inside Story asks why this crisis has erupted now and how much of it is fuelled by ethnic tensions and the battle to control the country's natural resources.

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[anthonyo4]

the west will get involved but wont stop it

after all we need to keep the natural resources coming while ensuring our weapon manufacturers can still line their pockets

[RMC1989]

More weapons in Africa! What a great idea.

[voacongostory]

WATCH THE CONGO STORY. The Congo Story Project is a reporting and public awareness campaign by the Voice of America that uses crowdsourcing and co-creation techniques to raise awareness about gender-based violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

[MPArmstrong84]

@RMC1989 Who's manufacturing and selling those guns to African countries? Who's taking the natural resouces out and making billions of dollars?

[multistephenful]

dumb fool who knows nothin about africa u have no right to spit such madness and display ur ignorance  ur mother and ur father sucks .is really true dat s stupid person displays his ignorance publicly .fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuk uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuu

[multistephenful]

dumb fool who knows nothin about africa u have no right to spit such madness and display ur ignorance ur mother and ur father sucks

[multistephenful]

dumb fool who knows nothin  about africa u have no right to spit such madness and display ur ignorance

[multistephenful]

dumb fool who knows nothin about africa u have no right to spit such madness and display ur ignorance

[MszCarlie]

so what happened to congo crisis n 1960?

[desirejoseph26]

@firemarshall007 what's your last name?your last name must be one that a slave owner gave to your grandparents,you must be an uncle Tom worshipping his master America!

[desirejoseph26]

@firemarshall007 wow,an african american talking down on Africans?you must be proud of yourself to feel that you are superior to Africans simply because you live in the USA, do you think that USA is heaven?

[firemarshall007]

@desirejoseph26 Nobody care about the Congo. Its a poor war-torn nation in the poorest continent on earth. Africa is the most pathetic place on earth. Right now the Chinese are exploiting it. Africans are stupid for letting the whites and now the Chinese come in to Africa to steal and exploit from Africa. AFRICA SUCKS!!!