The new thing in resource-fueled conflict: cows

Here's a story I reported during my trip to Goma, about which I know I owe you all lusciously interesting tidbits. I'll try to oblige soon.

In Congo, a new twist on 'blood diamonds

Warring rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo are stealing and selling livestock to finance a conflict sparked by spillover from the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 were killed.