Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post

As far as the FARDC depredations, I wonder if the light of publicity might have an effect.

Believe it or not, I think publicity does have an effect on these guys.
Although I remain pessimistic, I think you have a point Carl. Until a Zairois literally loses face there will be no affect. The wanted posters for an FBI-style "UN Most Wanted" list would number in the hundreds of thousands beginning with nearly every minister and his minion.

As early as 84, rape was universally accepted even among common folks. My residential guard/gardener casually chatted about his wife being raped by soldiers while they were in Lubumbashi visiting relatives. Instead of exacting revenge, he discussed what the child's name would be

While the "UN's 100,000 most wanted" may be embarrassing, it won't amount to a hill of beans if the upper echelon doesn't do some killing. As for Joe public, they will live in even greater fear than ever before.