[AI London] Twenty-four years ago, from 5 - 10 June 2000, brutal fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan forces ravaged the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). For six agonizing days, Kisangani became a battleground of two foreign armies, racing to control the natural resources-rich and strategic region, with heavy weaponry raining down on civilians. Estimates suggest over 1,000 civilian lives were lost, with thousands more injured and displaced. The city itself suffered immense damage, a
