Another group presentation that I saw addressed Genocide Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Genocide is defined as the systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of an entire national racial, religious, or ethnic group. In the Congo the mineral Coltan is the main reason for the killing of many civilians.While the Democratic Republic of Congo features the world’s second-largest peacekeeping force, MONUSCO, these peacekeepers have yet to bring peace to that area. Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remain victims of mass killings, severe torture and widespread rape at the hands of numerous armed groups operating in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale. Conflict in the DR Congo has resulted in an estimated 5.4 million civilian deaths since 1996. The Congolese Army, known as the FDRC, engages in looting and gender based violence against civilians that they should be protecting. The group provided a video for us to watch however time ran over so we were no able to see the whole video. I would have liked to see more of this group.
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