Feuding Rebels in Congo

The intrepid Lydia Polgreen writes in today’s New York Times about the growing fissure within the most important Tutsi rebel group in Congo, the CNDP. The split is between General Laurent Nkunda and Jean Bosco Ntaganda, who goes by the nom de guerre of The Terminator. No good guys to root for in this tug of war. Nkunda has repeatedly threatened to march his forces all the way to Kinshasa, and Ntaganda is wanted by the International Criminal Court. The split would seem to make peace talks even more difficult, and the dust has far from settled. I would be fascinated to learn what the Rwandan government thinks of this split, and there are sketchy reports that Nkunda was visiting Rwanda when Ntaganda declared himself the leader of the CNDP.

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