Rwanda Keeps Getting Away With Sowing Chaos in Congo
Since 1996, war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed millions of lives. The recurring violence is often described as a mere byproduct of regional instability or casually dismissed as “ethnic conflict”, even by elder African statesmen. These characterizations miss a crucial truth: the deliberate, long-term strategy employed by Rwanda to keep its resource-rich neighbor perpetually weak.
For nearly three decades, Rwandan autocrat Paul Kagame has masterfully played a double game: presenting his regime to the world—and particularly Western donors and institutions—as a beacon of development and stability while systematically undermining the stability and territorial integrity of Congo, its direct neighbor to the west.… Seguir leyendo »