1. By Brock Kessler and Nate Ryan
The ethnic wars
By Brock Kessler and Nate Ryan

2. Combatants DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Tutsi tribe
Hutu tribe
Zimbabwe
Angola

3. Deadliest War in modern African history
It started with Tutsi dominated government in Rwanda
The Tutsi was supported by Uganda, Rwanda, and Angola
A rebellion came into power
Tutsi was met with little resistance by Mobutu's forces
Militias were mostly Hutu
Unknown amount of dead Congo soldiers
Thousands of soldiers killed with the Rwandan aligned militia
5.4 million civilians killed

4. A Congo soldier
This is a picture of a Congo soldier holding a machine gun.

5. A RCD aligned soldier
A RCD aligned soldier holding ammo

6. A UN Peacekeeper
The UN was involved with helping the starving people get food and water

7. The affects The population of Hutu and Tutsi tribes dwindles
Congo and other African nations are in major poverty
Most countries became corrupt
Destruction of homes
Homeless people skyrocketed
More refugees
Still tensions between nations
UN has spent years helping people in Africa and the war made it worse
Mass starvation