DRC: Behind the numbers
09.03.2006
The British medical journal Lancet recently took greater notice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) than all western media outlets combined, says this article from "Some people have suggested the reason that there isn’t greater awareness and equitable intervention in the Congo is because 'we simply don’t know what to do' to remedy the situation. However, it is fairly clear what needs to be done, the West is just unwilling to do it because of powerful economic and geopolitical reasons."