What we now call the Democratic Republic of Congo has had many names over the past century and a half, but again and again, it has been failed by those who were supposed to be its protectors. On this episode of Untangling Africa, we turn our attention to Congo, and to one of the most tragic tales in the history of the continent — a tale that is sadly not yet at an end.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
1:11 Sowing the Seeds of Violence
4:21 An Independent Congo, and Immediate Strife
9:23 UN Intervention, and Katanga’s Secession
15:59 The UN’s First Failure
21:07 Perpetual Bloodshed, and the End of Mobutu
23:05 What Did the UN Get Wrong?
25:42 A Cycle of Bloodshed, and the United Nation’s Great Shame