DRC: "Stronger Commitment" Needed for Peace

Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has underscored the difficulties of bringing lasting peace to this vast Central African country. Nearly 3.5 million people have died, mostly from malnutrition and preventable diseases such as diarrhea and malaria, since civil war first began in the DRC in 1996. While an accord to end conflict was signed in South Africa at the end of 2002, lives are still being claimed.