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Africa Subsaharan

DR Congo war world's deadliest: report

2006-01-06

Eight years of war in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have left nearly four million people dead, making it the deadliest humanitarian crisis today, according to a study published in the British medical weekly The Lancet. The estimate is extrapolated from a nationwide survey among 19,500 households. The national mortality rate was found to be 2.1 deaths per 1,000 per month, 40 per cent higher than other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, investigators said. The war's death toll was estimated at 3.9 million people, from the outbreak of the conflict in 1998 to mid-2004, when the survey was carried out. Casualties were significantly higher in DRC's violence-torn, resource-rich eastern provinces.

"Most deaths were from easily preventable and treatable illnesses rather than violence," according to the study, lead-authored by Richard Brennan of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York. "The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis. To save lives, improvements in security and increased humanitarian assistance are urgently needed."

Posted by:Fred

#5 #3 It amazes me how the populations of these hideous places continue to size despite the appalling death rates and interminable wars. Polpulation control is needed in sub-Africa but soehow this doesn't seem right.
Posted by: Rightwing 2006-01-06 15:46

A self-correcting phenomenon Rightwing. Their life spans continute to approach that of the tsetse fly.

Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-06 17:15

#4 #3 It amazes me how the populations of these hideous places continue to size despite the appalling death rates and interminable wars. Polpulation control is needed in sub-Africa but soehow this doesn't seem right.
Posted by: Rightwing 2006-01-06 15:46

A self-correcting phenomenon Rightwing. Their life spans continute to approach that of the tsetse fly.

Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-06 17:15

#3 It amazes me how the populations of these hideous places continue to size despite the appalling death rates and interminable wars. Polpulation control is needed in sub-Africa but soehow this doesn't seem right.

Posted by: Rightwing 2006-01-06 15:46

#2 "Most deaths were from easily preventable and treatable illnesses rather than violence,"

This was true for all wars prior to WWI, at least for the Americans. It may be true for other nations in WWII, e. g. Soviet Union, Japan, China and Germany. Note the lice discussion regarding Napoleon's defeat in Russia.

This is just another sign that Africa is slipping back to the pre-modern world, or at least that we are growing more aware that it is not part of the modern world, if it ever was. No wonder the mohammedans find it such a fertile field. Now that the missionary-imperialist impulse has left the West, it will be interesting to see if and how the Africans manage to rejoin the world.

Posted by: Elmineck Glavick3340 2006-01-06 09:03

#1 "Most deaths were from easily preventable and treatable illnesses rather than violence,"

Yes of course, decades of tribal violence, bloodshed, and killing had absolutely nothing to do with the prevention of illnesses or starvation. An observation only someone from the IRC and or New York would venture.

Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-06 08:37

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