Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls the sexual violence in eastern Congo "one of mankind's greatest atrocities." An update on the security crisis and what the U.S. and other nations can do to help stabilize the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Guests

John Prendergast, co-chair of the ENOUGH Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity

Mvemba Dizolele, former Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee and national fellow, Hoover Institution

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Project

Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo have resulted in millions of Congolese lives lost, while benefiting the trade of small arms and valuable minerals like coltan.
January 6, 2011 / PBS Foreign Exchange
Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
Produced by the Pulitzer Center, "Congo's Bloody Coltan" is a glimpse at coltan's role in the Democratic Republic of Congo's ongoing civil war.
Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006.
October 19, 2010 / ABC
Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
Footage from Mvemba Phezo Dizolele's reporting project, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where air on Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday, October 19.