Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Publisher:
International Rescue Committee
Publication Date:
9 December 2004
Tags:
Conflict, Peace and Security, Congo-Kinshasa, Environment

Amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Rescue Committee issued a mortality survey today which finds that more than 3.8 million people have died there since the start of the war in August, 1998 and more than 31,000 civilians continue to die monthly as a result of the conflict.

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