Video interview with Maurice Carney and Kambale Musavuli about the Congo conflict: worst humanitarian crisis in world today

A 30 minutes conversation with Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo (FOTC) and Kambale Musavuli, Spokesperson & Student Coordinator of FOTC.

Friends of the Congo is a non profit organization based in Washington, DC, working to raise awareness about the crisis and conflict in Congo, which has caused over 6 million people dead in the last decades, in order "to work together to bring about peaceful and lasting change in the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire."

"The source of the conflict in the Congo is the scramble to control Congo’s vast natural wealth of gold, diamonds, coltan, copper, cobalt, uranium, tin and many other precious and strategic minerals. Nobel Laureate Wangari Mathaai says “these wars when you look at them, they are all about resources and who is going to control them.”

A testimony

Learn about Congo and the origins of its military conflict and humanitarian crisis, and the role that coltan mineral has on it. Coltan is used to make cell phones, microwaves, video games and even digital cameras. In this video Maurice and Kambale talk about what can Americans do to help the Congo, and the historical and economical background of this conflict, including the influence of multinational corporations trying to extract the rich resources of Congo.

To understand this crisis, listen to the personal testimony of Kambale and his family, as he also talks about the steps that can be taken immediately to help the Congolese. He mentions what he hopes from the new Obama administration and what can be the U.S. government's role in the crisis.

The final part of this testimony is about the Pan African movement, the need for Africans to work together, including Afro descendants in the Americas. Also they mention the support their work have received from people in Brazil, in the U.S. and other countries; the need for people of color to take action about taking control of their resources, the responsibility of Belgium and other foreign interest groups in this crisis, Congo's government corruption and democracy, the legacy of Patrice Lumumba and the hope for a better future for the Congolese people.

Friends of the Congo also has a blog, with updates on the current crisis occurring in the central African nation. If you live in the US, please contact your political official in the US Congress and the Obama administration and raise your concern about this terrible crisis. We must do it now.

Please spread the word and help the people of Congo today.

www.friendsofthecongo.org

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