Conflict in DRC (Case Study)

Conflict in DRC

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Background of DRC Conflict

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), otherwise also known as Republique Democratique du Congo from their French masters and formerly Zaire is a nation situated in Central Africa boasting of a very brief coastline that runs approximately 37 Kms. DRC is the third largest country in the entire Africa and stands at 12th position in terns of size in the world scale with 2,345 Square Kms (U.S. Department of State, 2010). It is the eight in the world in terms of population and fourth in Africa with the 71 million populations.

DRC is neighbored by Central Africa Republic and Sudan from the northern side, the Atlantic Ocean is on its West, to the south Zambia and Angola border it and Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi are its neighbors to the East.

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