Congo Homework

1. What events led to the outbreak of war in the DR Congo?
An event that led to the outbreak of war is that the Hutu's fled to the Congo. Some of the perpetrators stayed in Kivus. The Rwandan genocide led to the outbreak of war in the Congo. The Hutu and Tutsi people did not stop fighting and made a war start in the Congo.

2. How many have died in this war? Over what time frame has the deaths taken place? What countries and ethnic groups are involved?
It was five million people that have died. The time frame was that it was in 1996 and in 1998 again. The countries that were involved were Rwanda and DR Congo. The ethnic groups that were involved were the Tutsi and the Hutu that were in Rwanda before the Hutu left.

3. What do you think can happen to stop the war/genocide in Congo? I think that the two groups should try and take a sit down and talk about how the plane was shot down. Also I think they should try and get past the fact that their president has died and can not come back to this world. I really think the two groups should put down their weapons and just walk away from the past.