Stop the Killing in the Congo

The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been called the forgotten conflict. But many people here have experienced suffering they will never forget.

Naomi's story is just one of a million like it in the DRC.

Since 1998, an estimated 5.4 million people have lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the deadliest conflict since the Second World War.

Oxfam has expanded its emergency response to deal with the deteriorating situation, providing vital assistance to 800,000 vulnerable people (July 2011).

We will continue our lobby work at a national and international level to ensure that the people of the DR Congo get the support they need to return home and rebuild their lives.

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[irenelumpungu]

oh my God! help please, i 'm so crying for my country the Congo. and these things are still hapening.

[Bobbledeg00k]

U.N. estimates 5.4 million dead and rising.

U.N. estimates 1.7 million have fled their homes, now living in camps.

U.N. calls Eastern Congo, "the rape capital of the world".

U.N. peacekeeper General in Congo says "It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict".

[EllyMcCormack]

Five million people dead. Fifteen thousand at least displaced from their homes. Do they exist? Nothing on television, nothing on the radio. They don't exist.