How the War in Congo started

The fight in Congo was becasue of money and racial reasons. Congo is a wealthy country. It contains a lot of diamonds,gold,copper,and other rich minerals. The people of Congo never got the benefit of their own land. Instead the natural riches went to corporations, warlords and corrupt government. Because of them the population dispersed and turned into rival ethnic groups. There was one ruler who tried to stop the rebellions his name is Joseph Mobuto. He was successful at stabilizing the country but later he negan to use the couuntries riches to make sure he was in power. Which caused him his downfall and slipped the country away from his hands. In 1996 genocide in Rwanda, the neighboring country to Congo made his rule come to an end even faster. It also made the start of Congos biggest problems. After the Hutus in Rwanda were defeated they fled to Congo, fearing the Tutsi government. They joined forces with Mobotu and tried to eliminate Congos population of Tutsis. Tutsi militias allied with local troops in Uganda. They overthrew Mobtotu and Laurence Kabila became president. He changed the countries name from Zaire to Democratic Republic of Congo. Soon it became a proxy war when Kabila called Zimbabwe,Angola,and Namibia to defeat the Hutu militias. The next five years these countries fought and later on others. Some people accussed the different groups for using the war for covering up taking the countries riches. More than five million people died in the war and the aftermath, from both disease and starvation. Through all the fighting the civilians have suffered a lot because many get caught in cross fires and discrimination form the opposing militias. The country has now somewhat found peace and is beginning to restore but its taking baby steps because East of Congo is still unstable. The United Nations (UN) is trying to restore peace by helping civilians and reconstructing the country itself. Still it is complicated as they say now they have Warlords taking control and running their own personal militas, taking the natural resources of Congo as well. So its not over yet and its still not safe. This has been the longest war since World War II and we still have to stop it. So its a work still in progress.