NEW: Democratic Republic of Congo – The Genocide That Implicates Us All The Third in a Series ‘Visualizing an Era of Genocide’ unicornriot.ninja/2024/democrati…
In November 2023, an unidentified man in the capital Kinshasa set himself on fire while holding a sign reading “Stop the Genocide in Congo.” Another man, Cedrick Nianza, did the same in 2011 while shouting Congo na nga, Congo na nga (my Congo, my Congo). unicornriot.ninja/2024/democrati…
Violence & conflict inflicted on the people in the Congo is not new. Over a century ago, one of the worst atrocities in recorded history occurred with King Leopold II’s genocide of 10 million African people for rubber during his colonial rule over Congo. unicornriot.ninja/2024/democrati…
The modern conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo includes ethnically motivated killings, which have been a frequent reality in Congo since the spillover from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi people occurring in their neighbor country Rwanda. unicornriot.ninja/2024/democrati…
Along with the ethnic divisions, modern conflicts in Congo are fueled by a diverse constellation of internal, regional, and international actors with the essential factor driving the violence being control over resources. unicornriot.ninja/2024/democrati…