The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a central African state with roughly 58 million people, 250 different ethnic groups, and 700 different languages and dialects. Over the past decade, the DRC has been embroiled in the deadliest conflict since World War II, leading to the death of roughly 3.8 million people between 1998 and 2004.

	Why do some interventions by foreign countries seem to improve a country’s situation while others seem to make things worse? Should each ethnic group be allowed to seek self-determination, or, in other words, should each distinct ethnic group in the world have its own state?

	BBC News: Timeline of Congo History Biography Laurent Kabila Hutu-Tutsi Conflict International Monetary Fund Mobutu Dies in Exile in Morocco Wikipedia: Mobutu Sese Seko MONUC Mission in the Congo Pretoria Accord RCD Rwanda’s Tormentors Emerge ... to Haunt Congo Summary of Lusaka Accord 1999 The World Bank

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