This week, Goma in Eastern DRC was captured by the M23 rebel group, backed by Rwanda. This swift takeover highlights significant issues within the DRC's political and military structures. Explore the historical roots of this conflict and its implications for peace in the region.
Members of the M23 armed group board a pickup truck as they leave to carry out a patrol from their position in Goma .The DRC has never been stable since the eve of its independence in 1960. The departing colonialists established that the DRC was potentially one of the richest countries on earth the West has always conditioned who becomes the president of the DRC and how and when he leaves power.
In the east of the DRC, beside the M23, there are over one hundred non-state armed groups active, including the FDRL These groups can be used and activated by anyone with resources to destabilise the region. All these armed groups and their backers can only sustain their military presence in the DRC by accessing the abundant mineral resources that the East trade.
It is possible to interpret the full support that Rwanda is giving to the M23 and AFC as a reaction to President Tshisekedi’s threats of regime change in Rwanda. SADC military coalition represented by South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, Western mercenaries and the Wazalendo .
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