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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 03 > In Congo, even a little fighting leads to fear

In Congo, even a little fighting leads to fear

By Jeffrey Gettleman / The Bulletin
November 3, 2008

GOMA, Congo — When Congo shakes, Africa trembles.

This vast linchpin of a country at the green heart of the continent, covering 905,000 square miles and bordering nine nations, never goes down alone.

When the Congolese state began to collapse in 1996, it set off a regional war. When it....

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