While the world's eyes are focused on Iraq, there are wars going in North, Northeast, East and Southeast Africa.
Indeed. Where has the biggest slaughtering since WW II taken place? Not in Vietnam, not in the Gulf Region:
Conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo Deadliest Since World War II, Says The IRC
theirc.org
Apr 8, 2003
The four and a half year war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken more lives than any other since World War II and is the deadliest documented conflict in African history, says the International Rescue Committee.
A mortality study released today by the IRC estimates that since August 1998, when the war erupted, through November 2002 when the survey was completed, at least 3.3 million people died in excess of what would normally be expected during this time.
“This is a humanitarian catastrophe of horrid and shocking proportions,” says George Rupp, president of the IRC. “The worst mortality projections in the event of a lengthy war in Iraq, and the death toll from all the recent wars in the Balkans don’t even come close. Yet, the crisis has received scant attention from international donors and the media.” ... |
