The Congo and the Great War of Africa

What is the status of the civil war in the Congo? Raging since 1996 with at least 20 rebel groups, 9 government armies and millions of dead, the killing has been described as unstaunchable. We’ll get an inside look and preview upcoming Congolese elections this hour with journalist, humanitarian and U.N. investigator Jason K. Stearns, author of “Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa” (Public Affairs, 2011).

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