[Pan_Yan]

The war in the COngo has been termed WWIII by African countries, with good reason; over 2 million have died in a war between seven African countries ...

The article quotes a death toll over five million. Of course there is nothing approaching a reliable census in most of Africa.

[kearnyirish2]

“The article quotes a death toll over five million.”

My figure was from the mid-2000s; I don’t believe much of what the media reports in terms of casualties anywhere, but 5 million is as credible as 2 million. In any case, “never again” is out the window, especially since some of the northern countries (like Kenya) are allies of ours. This war is actually an extension of the Rwanda war, with each tribe now supported by allied NATIONS (but basically the same two tribes fighting it out - with billions of dollars in diamonds as the prize).