Given the number of factional players all contributing to the violence in the D.R. Congo's Nord-Kivu, enforcing any kind of cease-fire is a nearly insuperable challenge. Aid agencies and workers are being pulled out. For now, it seems the FARDC national army and the CNDP rebel army are holding back, but rival Mai-Mai militias are actively provoking encounters and MONUC peacekeepers are caught in between.
The diplomatic effort to reach some kind of accord is to continue as part of a regional summit being called, to be held on Friday in Kenya.
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GovRwanda statement: "Business Interests" at the root of the current problem.
Ok, this is public now, so here it is:
Angolan Forces are now in Nord-Kivu in support of the FARDC. The GovAngola answered a call for aid made by the D.R. Congo, last week.
This is a big step along the road to a Third Congo War.
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