Ben Affleck to Testify Before Congress on Congo Situation

Oscar winner actor and director Ben Affleck will be testifying before a U.S Congress committee in Washington D.C this week on the mass killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Back in 2010, the Argo director founded the Eastern Congo Initiative, an advocacy and grant-making organization with the aim of resolving the ongoing political dispute in the country, and to take part in aiding the development of regions destructed by the civil war.

Affleck is set to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next Wednesday, to give a detailed insight on the current situation, and propose resolutive initiatives.

Affleck previously testified before the House Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee on the humanitarian crisis in the African nation, in 2011 and 2012.