5 million dead as Congo agrees peace deal

January 23, 2008 – 6:55 pm

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and armed groups in the country signed a deal Wednesday to end years of fighting in the country’s east, following a report that 5.4 million people have died in the African nation since 1998.


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