Understanding the chaos in the DRC

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Fires raging on: The recent escalation of the conflict
calls for thorough understanding of the background of the conflict

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not known peace, stability and sanity, sustainable economic and socio-political development for long periods of time. There is always a fertile and breeding ground for conflict between its ethnic groups.

Like in some African countries experiencing post-colonial insurgency, the environment in the DRC has remained dynamic, hostile, fluid and complex. Since the attainment of independence from Belgium in 1960 and after successive governments in power, the situation has remained at a stage where Rob Mills says “Kinshasa pretends to govern and the world pretends to help.

The recent escalation of the conflict calls for thorough understanding of the background of the conflict some decades ago.

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