Seeing the article published today El Pais on the conflict in Congo, even seems to have a character of protest. Talk about media indifference, of mineral resources as a source of disputes and in the end we made a series of questions about the origin of the comatose and the role played by international organizations. In the last sentence, the author laments that "too many questions, as always, remain unanswered." However, I think that either did not want to give answers or not been interested in finding even a minute, since we know perfectly well who has thrown gasoline on the flames in this region. The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the countries with the world's natural wealth. Copper, cobalt, gold, tantalum, diamonds and coltan are found in abundance in the subsoil of the country. European and U.S. multinationals have been extracting minerals and leaving the country only between 5 and 12% of the value of minerals. But the reality is that they are producing massive illegal logging that escape through the complicity of Rwandan president Paul Kagame.
Laurent Kabila, the DRC president, wanted end to the plundering of mining benefits paid directly into the Congolese. Therefore, it has signed a series of contracts with Chinese state-owned enterprises Sinohydro CREO and the granting of more farms and that would affect DRC for a profit of 30%. To avoid the corruption that would result in the delivery of liquid money, it is envisaged that this is received in the form of investments in the country: 3,000 km. of roads, 3,000 more railway, 31 hospitals, 145 health centers and 4 universities. Unlike contracts with European multinationals and the U.S., these agreements do not provide for any compliance or interference in the country.
Given this, companies currently operating in the DRC, with the support of Western powers fear losing access to strategic resources and fail to have influence over the region. And as the lives of people of no importance beside a bunch of money, have financed the Rwandan government for the purchase of arms and the formation of groups consisting mainly paramilitary soldiers led by a Rwandan and DRC, Laurent Nkunda (to unlink Rwanda responsibilities), in order to destabilize the Congolese government and the region. A change of president would mean the breaking of a contract with the Chinese and the total control of farms.
On the other hand, the UN mission in the region, MONUC, which should be responsible for protecting civilians from Nkundu troops have been accused of improper conduct paving the way for the paramilitaries. The head of the mission, the English Lieutenant General Diaz de Villegas, has resigned ten days ago citing personal reasons, but one affected by intercepted communications to the MONUC soldiers in requesting the Rwandan army sent reinforcements to support paramilitaries of Nkundu, who were as compared with the Congolese army. Has also been shown that the forces of "peace" have supplied weapons to rebels . It is significant that in cities Goma and Bukavu have recently produced massive demonstrations calling for leaving the country the MONUC peacekeepers. There must be some.
The EU also contributes much to the resolution of the conflict. On 22 October, in the European parliamentary committee, the Belgian Dirk Vandermaelen acknowledged that perhaps we were faced with a clash of commercial interests between the U.S. and China, but called only for an embargo on weapons for the army of the legitimate government of the DRC, not for Nkundu invading troops. Mala
has painted the situation if the Western powers will only agree to two things: the annexation of the North Kivu region (the mining region) docile government of Rwanda, Kabila replaced by a puppet president. In both cases, the Congolese people will be the main victim.
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