The Deadliest War In The World

After Mukeya Ulumba has witnessed the murder of her family, she is now struggling with losing her six months old son. Mukeya is one of the many refugees who have fled before their village was stormed by antigovernment rebels. During the last years, Congo's crime and poverty rate has been rising due to poor infrastructure, weak leadership and undeveloped economy.
Since 1960, leaders like Leopold II, Mobutu and Kabila had their share of the Congo’s misery and have led millions of people into starvation, torture and death. Today the situation has not greatly improved. Although the UN already sponsored more than 94 million dollars, there is little progress seen. This is because of rebellions within the country. Cuba's military and native organizations are both storming thousands of villages every year. In this process people have been brutally murdered and women have been raped. These people do not have enough education or money to help themselves. Therefore, they flee from place to place searching for protection. The government is under immense pressure, as they are struggling to control their natives and to trade goods and resources with other nations. As they have a very bad infrastructure and lack of labor and money to improve it, the Congo cannot change into an economic development.
The Congo's poverty is worse than in any other country, although in truth the Congo is the richest country regarding resources. Europe does not realize that their trading with the Congo is only for the benefit of the government and the upper class people. Mothers, fathers and children will have to keep on fearing their existence until finally the world realizes the seriousness of the situation. Mukeya Ulumba is now praying that her son will recover from meningitis and like many other mothers she is trying not to lose hope.