Robust Peacekeeping, Diplomacy Put Peace in Reach in Eastern DRC
World Politics Review - 12 hours ago
By Laura Seay, July 2, 2014
The Democratic Republic of Congo has changed. Five years ago, the
country's eastern provinces were entering a second decade of
low-intensity violence marked by the proliferation of armed groups
perpetrating atrocities that had enveloped the region since the
collapse of the Zairian state in 1996-1997. The ineffective, grossly
undersized United Nations peacekeeping mission struggled to keep track
of the chaos around it, and diplomatic efforts to address the conflict
had little impact. The national army, known as the Armed Forces of the
Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), was useless at best and actively
harmed the population at worst. When rebels from Gen. Laurent Nkunda's
militia, the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),
advanced on Goma in late 2008, FARDC forces broke ranks and terrorized
the city's population for days, raping countless women and girls,
looting private property and destroying homes and businesses. Many
observers at the time suggested that the FARDC was responsible for as
many or more human rights violations as the rest of the DRC's armed
groups combined. [...]
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