Jason K. Stearns has been working on the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2001. He has worked for the United Nations peacekeeping mission and as a senior analyst for the International Crisis Group. His articles and opinion pieces have appeared in the Financial Times and the Economist, among other publications.
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At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received lit... SEE MORE