Article 5

Nine dead in Congo after panic and looting break out

A number of people have been killed after overnight looting and panic gripped a Congolese town besieged by a rebel army, according to reports. UN radio said nine people were shot amid gunfire and looting in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the border with Rwanda.
The fighting has sent tens of thousands of civilians running for their lives in North Kivu province, where aid workers say two years of violence has forced nearly 1 million people from their homes despite the end of Congo's broader 1998-2003 war.Wars caused many deaths and injured. That is horrible and cruel. People in Africa live in poor and hard conditions. Thus, they want to use their natural resources to earn some money to support their family. With more and more people want to make a living by natural resources, argument and fight begin. There are not enough trees for people to exploit. Therefore, the illegal exploitation of natural resources happens. It is a bad situation. It not only makes resources exhaust but also worsen people’s living environment. Thus, people can’t live on the environment. Instead, they use force to rob others’ resources. Such a vicious circle repeats again and again. If the situation were not improved, it would be worse and worse. We should take some measures to help those people and set them free from the hard condition.