This article delves into the complex conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arguing that the war's origins extend beyond the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the ethnic tensions between Hutus and Tutsis. It highlights the role of external actors, such as arms suppliers and countries that financially supported rebel groups, in fueling the conflict.
Dr. Steve-Régis “Kovo” N'Sondé is a researcher affiliated with CIRECK, Congo -Mioa Photo credit: ‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 –, the first time in the 125 years of this award it has been given to a Black woman publisher – We are proud to provide no paywall journalism for the Black community we serve, the largest Black and Brown community in the country.
Today’s Democratic Republic of the Congo was, at that time, brutally taken over by the Belgians and King Leopold II. During Leopold’s rule, more than ten million' Publisher and my father, Wilbert"Bill" Tatum, before me. We've been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 -show that after Lumumba became the first prime minister of Congo, he was assassinated in a plot involving the Belgians and the CIA.
Mobutu Sese Seko came to power soon after and led the country through a one-party system from 1965 to 1997; during his rule, he renamed the country the Republic of Zaire as part of an Africanization campaign. In 1997, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, with support from Rwanda and Uganda, overthrew Mobutu during the First Congo War . Kabila assumed the presidency and changed the country’s name to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kabila was assassinated in 2001.
The 1994 Rwandan massacres drove many Hutus to take refuge in the DRC’s Kivu region. This led Rwanda to create the March 23 Movement, a paramilitary militia made up of mostly Tutsis to fight the Hutus in Congolese territory; they frequently raided the North and South Kivu provinces. In response, the Patriotic Alliance for a Free and Independent Congo allied with the Congolese army and other regional paramilitary groups to resist the M-23.
The African Union met on February 1 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to seek a political solution to the DRC crisis. As of February 4, M-23 rebels have captured the gold, tin, and coltan-rich city of Goma and petitioned for a ceasefire and safe corridor for area residents.
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