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Democratic Republic of Congo

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noun

  1. See Congo

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KAMPALA, Uganda—Ten million people face hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east, and it isn’t because there is no food to be had.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is based in Kampala, Uganda, where he writes about politics, economics, conflict and health from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Ethiopia.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I think it risks looking like a truce, and we don't know how long this truce will last. We have seen many ceasefires in the Democratic Republic of Congo that have not lasted long," Mukwege told AFP in an interview on the sidelines of the Munich security conference.

From Barron's

"If the Congo is suffering today, it is simply because there is poor governance. And so, if we had good governance, the Congo should normally be able to protect its population and take charge of its minerals, which are currently being exploited by all the vultures around the Democratic Republic of Congo."

From Barron's

The politically stable country is Africa's second-largest copper producer, after the conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of Congo, and the world's eighth, according to the US Geological Survey.

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