The DR Congo military said it had thwarted an "attempted coup" near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving "foreigners and Congolese".The US ambassador to Kinshasa said she was "shocked" by the events while the African Union said it "strongly condemns" the attempted putsch.
My friend’s partner was telling me the other day that something like 6-8 million people have been killed in the Congo over the last 10-15 years and nobody’s talking about it
The Second Congo War, effectively a pan-African war involving a dozen states and dozens of non-state actors, is the 21st century’s deadliest war with 5 million+ deaths and nobody (including myself) knows shit about it. The DRC effectively doesn’t exist as a functioning state, it’s half the size of the entire EU, and has like 70% of the world’s cobalt, a critical component of smartphones. A nightmare.
its just not a stable region. Outside of sheltered areas like UN camps, the country in general is essentially a territory war. I only learned about it because my French class as a way to practice French writing set up pen pals with various young peole in Congo who knew french via UN efforts.
My friend’s partner was telling me the other day that something like 6-8 million people have been killed in the Congo over the last 10-15 years and nobody’s talking about it
The Second Congo War, effectively a pan-African war involving a dozen states and dozens of non-state actors, is the 21st century’s deadliest war with 5 million+ deaths and nobody (including myself) knows shit about it. The DRC effectively doesn’t exist as a functioning state, it’s half the size of the entire EU, and has like 70% of the world’s cobalt, a critical component of smartphones. A nightmare.
The first and second Congo war were huge and no one in the west talked about it.
its just not a stable region. Outside of sheltered areas like UN camps, the country in general is essentially a territory war. I only learned about it because my French class as a way to practice French writing set up pen pals with various young peole in Congo who knew french via UN efforts.