It lasted only six months but set the stage for the Second Congo War, which spanned roughly four years and eventually killed more than 3 million people. A peace agreement finally arrived in 2002 ...

By some estimates, the Second Congo War (1998-2003) caused more than 350,000 violent deaths and upwards of five million excess civilian deaths. Even if the real number is only half that much ...

District Old Bill Dion Slabbert read an emotional poem by James Edmonds from 1919, “When you go home, tell them of us and say ...

Tutsi militias and foreign powers soon intervened, intensifying the conflict. The Second Congo War (1998-2002) erupted due to strained relations between Rwanda and Uganda on one side and DRC on ...

Soldiers hunted his family as the bloodshed of the second Congo war reached its peak. Now Queensland’s fastest 15-year-old hopes to honour the nation that saved them by sprinting for Australia ...

the end of the second Congo War. During this period Rwanda and Uganda had troops in DR Congo and were accused of crimes against humanity. Demanding justice for these crimes means re-examining the ...