Tanker Truck Blast Kills 230 in the Congo

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2010 At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker truck flipped over and blew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The blast was reportedly sparked by a cigarette as local residents attempted to collect oil spilling from the wreck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AK-47s for All

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2010 The carnage taking place in the Congo has escaped media attention in the U.S. -- but not in The Onion, which produced this satirical Congolese news report on the Congo's version of a stimulus package. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

iRape

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2010 The dirty little secret of the consumer electronics boom is that a lot of the sexy little gadgets you use every day are made from minerals that help fund what this video says is "the deadliest conflict in the world since the holocaust." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

40,000 Flee New Fighting in Congo

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2009 A recent upsurge in fighting between the Lord's Resistance Army and soldiers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has displaced 40,000 people, adding to the nearly half a million persons already uprooted by the conflict. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Offers $17M in U.S. Aid to Combat Sex Crimes in Congo

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton witnessed the horrific living conditions that many Congolese women and children are enduring in their embattled country on Tuesday and was attentive to their stories about rape and sexual violence. She announced during her visit that the U.S. is extending $17 million in aid targeting sexual brutality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conflict Cell Phones

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2009 You've heard of conflict diamonds, but did you know there might be blood on your cell phone? This PSA brings a little-known aspect of the conflict in Eastern Congo to light and offers a suggestion on how global consumers can help. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

David Rieff on ‘Africa’s World War’

BLANK Feb 6, 2009 Why does the Darfur violence arouse outrage but the slaughter of millions more in Congo does not? An indispensable new book by Gerard Prunier attempts an answer by combining cool analysis and scholarly dispassion without losing sight of the horror of its subject. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Good-News Alert: Gorilla Paradise Discovered

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2008 While National Geographic may be the best magazine educating Americans about the horrors of the modern world, the organization also makes a point of highlighting positive earth news when it happens, such as the discovery that Congo may hold an additional 125,000 western lowland gorillas, which would double the known population of the critically endangered beast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Invisible War

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 24, 2008 It's the deadliest conflict since World War II. More than 5 million people have died in the past decade, yet it goes virtually unnoticed and unreported in the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )