Two years ago Tony Blair called the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "stain" on the conscience of the world, saying that the international community had a duty to intervene to stop the slaughter.
Two years ago Tony Blair called the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "stain" on the conscience of the world, saying that the international community had a duty to intervene to stop the slaughter. The death toll is an estimated 4.5 million people - the highest wartime figure since 1945.
Sam Kiley and a Dispatches team report from a besieged town in the heart of the war in Congo. They meet the warlords presiding over a battlefield where rape, slaughter and cannibalism are a reality - and the civilians who're struggling to survive. And they reveal how locals blame neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda for arming the gunslingers. Rwanda and Uganda are Britain's closest allies in central Africa and they receive aid of over £100 million a year.
