The day we witnessed wildlife rangers being gunned down in Congo

When two Dutch journalists travelled to the DRC to report on illegal gold mining in the vast Okapi wildlife reserve, they ended up running for their livesConflict is never far away in the Democratic Republic of Congo - a country rich in natural resources such as gold, diamonds, coltan and tin - and the country is on the brink of a new full out civil war. Tensions have been rising since December, when president Joseph Kabila postponed the elections. Continue reading...