...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
town of Oicha, hundreds of angry citizens buried 27 victims of the latest massacre in the country’s volatile east.
Friday’s sombre burial followed deadly raids on communities by suspected Salafist tough guys believed to have killed at least 100 people in the past month, according to U.N. figures.