Real News: War in Congo kills 45,000 monthly
January 22, 2008
If the production of news was just, this would be lead news every day.
A decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to kill about 45,000 people each month – half of them small children – in the deadliest conflict since the second world war, according to a new survey.
The International Rescue Committee said preventable diseases and starvation aggravated by conflict have claimed 5.4 million lives since the beginning of the second Congo war in 1998, equivalent to the population of Denmark. Although the war officially ended in 2002, malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition continue to claim thousands of lives.
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EthanZ | January 23, 2008 at 12:58 pm
If production of news were just, the previous three studies from the IRC would have gotten meaningful press coverage. They didn’t. This one won’t either – http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/01/23/54-million-dead-in-congo-believe-it-or-not-it-could-have-been-worse/