The M23 armed group has pushed deeper into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich region after capturing the key cities of Goma and Bukavu – the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces, respectively – in recent weeks.
Security sources have told Al Jazeera that the Rwanda-backed rebels had entered Nyabiondo village, about 100km (62 miles) north of Goma and located on the road leading to the strategic town of Walikale in North Kivu.
I guess we’re back to the old way of things, where countries could simply roll into neighbours with their militaries and claim pieces of territory for themselves. The relative peace of the past 80 years was nice while it lasted.
I suppose if I had to look for silver linings, it’d be that Africa sorely needs some borders redrawn after the clusterfuck of colonialism. This isn’t really the best way to do that though.
The only thing that changed is that China and Russia are now also trying to usurp Congolese lithium and other precious metals. Just what Congo needed, the rest of the world joining the colonialism party.
