Congo's Forgotten War

The war unfolding in eastern Congo has claimed perhaps 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake, but this crisis generates little international response.

I normally resist reporting that seeks to stimulate emotions by focusing on a single family's experience of a large scale phenomenon, but I strongly recommend that you watch this video by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. It is simply hard to understand the level of human suffering caused by this conflict that is estimated to have killed more than five million people. Seeing the interview with family members may help, and if we do begin to appreciate the horror we will surely demand more be done to stop it.