Just finished reading the classic book by Joseph Conrad called Heart of Darkness. It was published in 1902 and is set in colonial Congo. It was one of the first books to expose the atrocities that took place under the Belgian rule in that part of Africa (then referred to by Europeans as “The Dark […]
The focal country for World Relief NEXT is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC is the biggest tragedy in the world… and practicly nobody is talking about it. In January 2008, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) survey found that “5,400,000 people have died from war-related causes in Congo since 1998—the world’s deadliest documented
So here’s a quote from a Congolese gang rape victim being interviewed by Ted Koppel of Dateline in response to the question, “Why can you be so candid with me in sharing your very personal story” – after she talked about the diseases she received and losing her family and kids as a result of
