Gazing in the Congo (DRC): the dark heart of Africa (2006-2017)

[AdamG]

I love it when a thread goes weird with primary source input.

What I see for the moment is "someone" targetting mineral rich territories of North and South Kivu. Also going Bukavu is not really the shortest road to Kinshasa. To Lubumbashi may be...

Cui bono? The Chinese have alot to lose if the current government can't make good on their contracts.

Golly, what's down near Lubumbashi?

China has called for talks between related parties to solve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) where refugees are fleeing a rebel-captured city. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the appeal Wednesday at a press briefing when commenting on the deterioration of the security situation in the eastern part of the DR Congo, after rebels captured a provincial capital.She said talks should be based on respecting and protecting the African country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/745698.shtml


Meanwhile,

Goma's fall: Could UN troops in Congo have done more to prevent it?

The ease Tuesday with which rebels overran Goma, one of DR Congo's largest cities, underscores UN peacekeepers' 'difficult problem': their limited mandate.

In the days before Goma fell, Monusco said that it sent helicopters to open fire on rebel positions to try to slow or halt their advance.
UN helicopter gunships flew 17 sorties, firing 500 rockets and four missiles in the defence of the town, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a statement giving its account of the battle. Two South African peacekeepers were injured, it added.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Afric...-to-prevent-it