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War in Congo Kills 45,000 People Each Month

Shiraz Janjua, Associate Producer

As reported by Chris McGreal in The Guardian: “A decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to kill about 45,000 people each month - half of them small children - in the deadliest conflict since the second world war, according to a new survey.”

I…I don’t know how to react to this. I just don’t know.

I just don’t know.

It makes the show we want to do on the ethics of international aid as pressing as, well, as it’s ever been. Our attempts to contact a potentially great guest in Uganda have been marred by technical difficulties.

    • #uganda
    • #ethical aid
    • #africa
    • #congo
  • 5 years ago [Tue, Jan 22nd, 2008 at 8:06pm]
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