The Congo Is a Hot Mess!!!

(Getty Images/AP Photo: Lords Resistance Army armed and passing through a village in Congo.)

Just a few days ago the Democratic Republic of the Congo was in danger of reverting back to a “horrendous” conflict if the request of the United Nations Envoy for more peacekeepers is not granted.  The rise of armed groups such as the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) which originated in Uganda, need to be disbanded immediately  in order to prevent a catastrophe like the six-year civil war that devastated the Congo a decade ago.  The civil war took 4 million lives through fighting, starvation, and the spread of disease.  

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