History of the Congo (2000-2007)

In the last seven years of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (Zaire) history, the Congo was put through many hard times like the Second Congo War. This war began in 1998 and finally came to an end in 2003 when a Transitional Government took over. It was the widest interstate war in modern African History, and it involved eight separate African Nations, as well as twenty armed groups. The war ended in April 2004. Many people suffered, and there was a death count of around 3.9 million people. This turned out to be the deadliest war since World War II. Although the war had come to an end in July 2003, and an agreement to create a government of national unity was formed, the state remained weak. In 2004, an estimated 1,000 people died each day from violence or lack of food supply. The last decade in the Congo has been a hard time of suffering.