DRC: Inside the world’s forgotten war

Published 2024-07-04
The UN describes it as “one of the world’s most neglected crises”. The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is no stranger to war, but fighting has dramatically intensified in recent months. Just as the UN peacekeeping force is leaving after more than 20 years.

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The fighting is centred in the North Kivu province, where the M23 rebels, backed by neighbouring Rwanda, are fighting the Congolese army for power and natural resources. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the fighting, many seeking shelter around Goma, the largest city in the east.

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All Comments (21)
  • That poor kid trying not to cry at the end. This world has taken a wrong turn...
  • @crow22zero
    God bless this woman who comforted him at the end 😢😢😢
  • @katchdiamond247
    It’s so sad to see people are struggling like that because of natural resources that they have and never benefited from it.
  • Please let’s keep talking about what’s going on in Congo & Sudan
  • @kaminip
    This is tragic - 7 million displaced and the UN is leaving? Who are the international forces doing nothing. What should we be doing?
  • 300,000 families in this camp, absolutely heartbreaking, and now the UN is turning it's back on them and leaving!!
  • @bobbyb373
    Heartbreaking report, thank you Channel 4 for covering this when not many news organisations do
  • @frankssanze8363
    That kid, is me back in 1994 to 2007 I went through like them, poor my people very sad to see
  • @pppp67567
    This is absolutely heartbreaking 😢💔❤️‍🔥 please please please keep covering this 🙏
  • @h77137
    The Government & Officials 🤦‍♀️
  • @lovazi
    UN and US are the source of this tragedy in DRC,
  • @evanangel2022
    The human family has lost their ways lord have mercy on us
  • @Eric-ix3rx
    But what is the DRC government doing? Can’t it at least feed them?
  • At the heart of the DRC conflict is Kagame and the western powers that support him, otherwise M23+RDF coalition would have been crushed long ago
  • @amissijames1468
    This is the forgotten war the UK, America and the European Union are supporting the dictator of Rwanda Paul kagame in this atrocities. It very sad to people suffer like this when the so called the international community is just silent.
  • @codswallop164
    I am you're sister from Yemen. Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Gulf states have plenty wealth and space to take them. The UK is full and remigration will eventually be a policy over immigration.