George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, about the current situation in the Congo, as well as some of the history of the African nation.
The Congo has vast resources including coltan, diamonds, cassiterite and gold. Western nations and corporations exploit and profit from these natural resources, at the expense of Congolese lives. Since 1998, ongoing conflicts in the Congo have killed four million people.