Petition:
Urgent Call to End Incentives for the Violent Occupation and Pillaging of Eastern DR Congo
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Report:
Western Aid and Agreements Allow Rwandan Forces and M23 to Invade, Occupy and Pillage Minerals in DR Congo
Deborah S. Rogers, PhD; 18 February 2025
The war in eastern DRC
The most significant armed conflict in the Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the Congo Wars of 1996-2003 is being waged by a militia known as M23. This Tutsi-led armed rebel group presents itself as a group of disgruntled Congolese soldiers who were treated poorly during the reintegration of armed militias into the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) in 2009. While this is true, more importantly it is becoming apparent that they are part of a long-term plan by Rwanda and allied forces to take control of the DRC and its resources, threatening to turn their grievances and ambitions into a major regional war.
M23 began operating in the mineral-rich province of Nord-Kivu Province in 2012, and managed to take the large city of Goma in November 2012. The Congolese government subsequently agreed to negotiate with M23 concerning their grievances about the reintegration process, and international actors put pressure on Rwanda to call off the invasion. Soon thereafter M23 announced a ceasefire, and the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and UN troops took back the city before the end of the year. Nothing much was heard from M23 for almost a decade.
In November of 2021, after the reintegration process had once again stalled out, M23 began attacking the FARDC in what appeared at first to be a repeat of the 2012 scenario. This time, however, their objectives, allies and supporters became much more clear. They moved from mine site to mine site in various territories of North Kivu Province, terrorizing and driving out the local populations (who fled to IDP camps) and taking over control of the mines….
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