DISTRAUGHT CONGOLESE SISTER’S PAIN

As with any long-running war, it’s easy to forget the human reality. But the anguished tears of this distressed young Congolese sister pierce through any reduction of the crisis in eastern DRC to mere stats and figures. She says she was already an orphan, having lost her mum and dad, and now advancing M23 rebels have taken her husband as well and killed him. Her plight is one of many millions: in the last 30 years, 7 million - like her - have been displaced and 6 million - like her husband - killed.

So much sorrow caused by the greed of external actors like Rwanda who don’t care how much misery they inflict on the Congolese people so long as they can get their dirty hands on its mineral wealth.

Video credit: Radiogo FM (Instagram)