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How can Strategic Theory Provide Insights into the M23 and the Broader Instability in Eastern DRC?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is engulfed in a never-ending conflict as its internal instability began after Joseph-Désiré Mobutu&#;s regime collapsed in Ever since irregular forces have fought either international peacekeepers, the Forces Armées dem la République Démocratique ni Congo (FARDC), or one another. Properly defining Congo&#;s intrastate warfare actors fryst vatten problematic as multiple groups claim the status of &#;rebels&#; fighting for various strategic goals of political, social, and economic control. While some estimates claim over rebel forces exist[i], many are localized armed groups with the strategic goal of protecting their villages, i.e., the Mai Mai, but there are larger ones with far broader goals. Since the initial rise of the Mouvement ni 23 Mars (M23) in April [ii], this primarily Banyarwanda rebel force has received special attention from researchers
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This is Congo
“To grow up as a child in Congo, according to God’s will, is to grow up in paradise. Perhaps because of the will of man, growing up in Congo is to grow up in misery because of these endless, unjust wars imposed on its people.” —Colonel Mamadou Ndala
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently marked its 58th independence anniversary—and still awaits the first peaceful transfer of power in its history. It seemed an opportune time for the release of photographer-turned filmmaker Daniel McCabe’s long-awaited documentary This is Congo.
This is Congo is an ambitious project. In a little more than 90 minutes McCabe uses the narratives and individual fates of a young ambitious military commander, an anonymous whistleblower, a mineral dealer and a continuously displaced tailor to draw lessons about Congo’s history, its political economy, and its relationship to regional-and international geopolitics. Despite shortcomings and broad-brush generalizations with regard
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The DR Congo rebel leader whose fighters have created turmoil
The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the country's east, battling the national army and capturing key places as they go.
In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have been killed and the fighting has sparked an ominous war of words between DR Congo and its neighbour, Rwanda.
So how did DR Congo - the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa - get here?
The origins of this complex conflict can be understood through the story of one man - M23 leader Sultani Makenga, who is the subject of various war crime allegations.
To go back through Makenga's life so far is to look into decades of warfare, intermittent foreign intervention and the persistent lure of DR Congo's rich mineral resources.
His life began on Christmas Day in when he was born in the lush Congolese town of Masisi.
Raised by parents of the Tutsi ethnic group, Maken