As with a lot of other people, I suspect, I didn't realize there was such a terrible conflict going on in the Congo. From <a href =
MSNBC :

'The International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday the war for Congo's vast mineral wealth -- which at its peak pulled in six foreign armies -- has taken more lives than any other conflict since the Second World War.
''Since August 1998, when the war erupted, through November 2002 when the survey was completed, at least 3.3 million people died in excess of what would normally be expected during this time,'' the IRC said, blaming most deaths on disease and hunger. '