A personal account from a BBC correspondent in Congo, actually written a few years ago. It seems things have not changed one bit in terms of the suffering going on there and the mass indifference from the west especially media. A brief description of the situation in Eastern Congo.
Though many newsources refer to the country as Congo, its full name is the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was formely called Zaire and a colony of Belgium who exploited its vast natural resources while oppressing the native peoples.