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As many of you may have noticed – the DR Congo has been featured in the US media in recent weeks. We have provided some of the links to these news stories below for you to check out. Of specific interest is the 60 Minutes story by Anderson Cooper as he speaks with Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Panzi clinic who was featured in Episode 7 of the Congocast!
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is an immense and complex country in central Africa. Plagued by decades of war yet brimming with valuable natural resources, the DR CONGO is suffering from a horrific humanitarian emergency, yet holds tremendous hope for the future of all of Africa.
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The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast potential wealth - is recovering from two decades of decline. Conflict, which began in August 1998, dramatically reduced national output and government revenue, increased external debt, and resulted in the deaths of perhaps 3.5 million people from violence, famine, and disease. Foreign businesses curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of infrastructure, and the difficult operating environment. Conditions began to improve in late 2002 with the withdrawal of a large portion of the invading foreign troops. The transitional government reopened relations with international financial institutions and international donors, and President KABILA has begun implementing reforms. Much economic activity still occurs in the informal sector, and is not reflected in GDP data.
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The Congo River rises as two headstreams—the Luapula and the Lualaba. The Luapula begins in a Zambian swamp fed by the Chambezi River. It flows northwest to Lake Mweru, emerges from the northern end of the lake as the Luvua, and continues northwest. The Lualaba drains the rich mining area in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, is located in central Africa. Its population of more than 60 million people comprises more than 200 ethnic groups, with more than 200 languages spoken, but French is the official language. DRC is a nation endowed with vast potential wealth, but its economy has declined drastically since the mid-1980s.
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The Congo is situated in west-central Africa astride the equator. It borders Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Angola exclave of Cabinda, with a short stretch of coast on the South Atlantic. Its area is nearly three times that of Pennsylvania. Most of the inland is tropical rain forest, drained by tributaries of the Congo River.
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