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Civilians flee because of militia fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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The king of Congo until his death in 1909. He terrorized the indigenous people of the region with atrocities such as mass killings and maiming in order to procure slave labor in the rubber industry.

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Joseph Kabila was unanimously chosen by the Congolese legislature on January 24, 2001 to succeed his father. He is still president to this day.

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On January 18, 2001, General Kabila was assassinated by one of his own body guards. His 31 year old son Joseph Kabila, was sworn in as the country's new president on January 26. He pledged to work towards peace.

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On May 1997, Kabila's troops entered Kinshasa and Kibila declared himself president.

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Mobutu began to lose his grip on his power in the early 1990s. At this point in 1991 the army had been unpaid for months, as well as the citizens. They were frustrated by this economic crisis, it began a pillage. At this point about 6 million people have died.

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In 1977 and 1978, the Congolese National Liberation Front (FLNC), which was the country's main opposition movement invaded Katanga from Angola. Since at the time Angola was a communist stronghold in southern Africa, non-communist Western nations rallied together to Mobutu's side. He successfully suppressed these invasions with the help of military backing from Morocco in 1977 as well as France and Belgium.

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On November 24, Mobutu staged a second coup, overthrowing President Kasavubu, and took full control of the Government. Without help of the U.S.A, he went to rule the Democratic Republic of the Congo (as it was once named) for 32 years.

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Within weeks of independence, tensions between tribes exploded into violence. Tension between President Joseph Kasavubu and Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba brought the government to a halt. Lumumba was assassinated on January 17.

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The red represents Congo on the map of Africa. It took place in all of Congo so there is no pin point location.

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The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

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The new nation, called the Republic of Congo gained independence on June 30th, 1960. But it was far from ready.

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The Belgium government controlled Congo until independence. But the numbers of murders diminished but mutilations continued.

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After an international outcry, Leopold was forced to hand over his territory to the Belgian Government. He was outraged.

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After the Berlin Conference  905,000 square miles became personal property of King Leopold II. He forced rubber collectors to slice off peoples hands as proof that they shot and killed someone if the quota was not met.