With two fingers to his temple, Romelu Lukaku asks (and receives) attention for the ‘forgotten conflict’ in Congo, the country of his parents | Abroad

His fingers like a gun to his head, and the message ‘Stop the genocide’: with one well-aimed post on Instagram, Romelu Lukaku asked (and received) attention for the escalating conflict in eastern Congo. What exactly is going on there? Is there a genocide? And what does your and my smartphone have to do with it?