Kyle Schwarz & Danny Chon

Two ethnic groups, the Tutsi’s and the Hutu’s are fighting for power. Hutu’s engage in ethnic cleansing upon the Tutsi’s in order to gain ethnic and political power.

Rape Violence Civilian Casualties War Ethnic Cleansing 90% of Casualties were due to non-combat scenarios Malnutrition Pneumonia Diarrhea

Remarked as the “African World War” Involved 9 African nations and 20 armed groups

First Congo War Second Congo War 1998 – 2003 (Aftermath affected people well into 2008)

First Congo War 800,000 dead 222,000 missing Second Congo War 5.4 million people Statistics include: Men, women, and children

Conflict was specific to certain provinces and locales (I.E. The Democratic Republic of the Congo & Rwanda). Fragility of the state has allowed continued violence and human rights abuses. Rwanda and Ugandan backing of rebels