Major Conflict Persists, Just Not On CNN
John Campbell has an post looking at the prospect for new violence in the Congo:
To recap: the incumbent, Joseph Kabila, defeated challenger Etienne Tshisekedi in elections characterized as “too flawed to be credible” by international and domestic observers, including the Roman Catholic Church, which had some thirty thousand observers in the field. The DRC supreme court, seen as in the pocket of Kabila, upheld the incumbent’s victory. Tshisekedi bitterly contested the announced results, and went so far as to have himself sworn in as president at about the same time as Kabila’s ceremony. The stage appeared to be set for a major clash that could re-ignite civil war. [my italics[
What civil war? Oh yes, that one.
Eight nations and 25 armed groups involved. 5.4 million people dead. Now what’s this business about war amongst the people and the end of major conflict again?
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