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- Title
Congo: Between Hope and Despair.
- Authors
Deibert, Michael
- Abstract
The article presents an overview of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A history of the country is given beginning from 1877 until 2008. Topics include the civil war in Congo from 1998-2002, one in five people that have been displaced due to fighting in Congo since the formal end to the civil war in 2003 until 2008, and the enigmatic President of the DRC, Joseph Kabila. Also discussed are the operations of the Australian company Anvil Mining and a largely undefended population is which is at the mercy of competing armed factions.
- Subjects
CONGO (Democratic Republic); CONGO (Democratic Republic) politics &; government; KABILA, Joseph, 1971-; RESISTANCE to government; CIVILIAN war casualties; WAR &; society; CIVIL war; PRESIDENTS -- History; WAR victims; ANVIL Mining Ltd.
- Publication
World Policy Journal, 2008, Vol 25, Issue 2, p63
- ISSN
0740-2775
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/wopj.2008.25.2.63