held two years after a free, democratic and transparent in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Congolese people in the provinces of eastern DRC, North Kivu and South Kivu, is living a nightmare of violence, insecurity and ongoing violation of human rights . The murders, rapes, looting, battles, flight of the population, rise again and multiply, thus moving away all hope of restoring peace, a necessary condition to begin improving the lives of a people wracked by decades of poverty and insecurity.
The architect of so much suffering is Laurent Nkunda, a Congolese Tutsi, a leader of the guerrillas plaguing this area of \u200b\u200bthe DRC. Nkunda and his men are clearly supported by the Rwandan government, which in turn serves the interests of big powers in the North (USA, UK, Belgium, Netherlands).
But why these great powers are interested in the east of the DRC? The answer is obvious: In this area there are important mines coltan, cassiterite, diamonds, wolframite ... minerals leaving the country in trucks and helicopters, via Rwanda, and end at the hands of Western multinationals.
In recent days the situation has worsened. Two Rwandan battalions have penetrated into Congolese territory. On Monday, October 26, a large contingent of the Rwandan army attacked the Congolese Rumangabo base being at the gates of Goma, capital of North Kivu, raising fears a major offensive Rwandan war, with devastating consequences for the population. The preparation of this action was denounced Rwanda last week at the UN by the Congolese president, Joseph Kabila, who also met with the Association of Southern Cone countries of Africa (SADC). They promised help in the event of an invasion of Rwanda.
What until recently was only a suspicion or seemed isolated events, has been taking shape thanks to the numerous allegations of civil society: MONUC (Mission of the United Nations), with 17,000 peacekeepers in the region is not meeting the objectives of his mission of peace and security to the population. Reliable sources on the ground accuse these "peacekeepers" to move Rwandan troops in helicopters, consistent delivery of MONUC, to allow the border crossing to Rwandan military and move to places where Nkunda's guerrillas, accusing them of being dormant when they attack the guerrillas, not to support the government army when he needs it most ... First of all this is understandable that the population has expressed in recent days against the forces of MONUC accused of supporting the enemy and asking them to leave the DRC. The same Colette Braeckman, in an article published on Tuesday, 28 "soir.be him," writes : "What is this mission that absorbs one billion dollars a year? "Two extra battalions will improve things? Should not we be thinking, urgently, in a relay of MONUC for a European force to deter or, at least, a police force composed of neutral and credible observers ?..."
This has not been unrelated to the recent resignation of the head of MONUC, General Vicente Diaz de Villegas and Blacksmith, after just two months in office. While the General Villegas claimed personal reasons seem increasingly credible suspicions relating this resignation with the inability or lack of political will of MONUC to carry out its original mandate in the Kivu.
should ask how it is possible the United Nations Mission, which pay together, is acting under the guidance of U.S. president yet. Do not have to repent, too late to have allowed this new war of aggression and plunder? However, the Western press is limited to reporting the silent humanitarian crisis that name and the reasons for the real perpetrators. Politicians and the UN expressed "grave concern at the escalating violence in eastern DRC" and then look the other way ... surely to the boards of the stock market or banks in distress. What will happen when more than one million refugees already crammed with no means to survive it seems "regrettable" but they support or do not put obstacles to Rwanda in its efforts to annex this area rich Congo.
What is happening to the International Community? How many more deaths will be required to act?
Federation of Committees for Solidarity with Black Africa
October 29, 2008
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