Millitant groups in the eastern border of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Never ending cycle

I’d imagine the fighters in the ground get rather confused. One militia would have to stop and ask the other who they are before fighting with them!

I found this very informative:

FILM REVIEW OF [“Enough is Enough”: Catastrophe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – World Socialist Web Site](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/rolr-m27.html)

EXTRACT

>… The DRC, known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997, is the second-largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh-largest in the world, with a population of approximately 125 million people. Its vast natural resources have been the target of the great powers since the late 19th century. The Congo was seized by King Leopold II of Belgium in the 1880s, resulting in its rubber being looted and its people brutalized. “Between 1885 and 1908, there were between five and eight million victims of Leopold’s personal rule, under a barbarous system of forced labour and systematic terror.” ([WSWS](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/09/king-s06.html)) The imperialist machinations did not end with Leopold.

>The martyrdom of the population has continued to the present day, as the DRC is an incredibly rich prize for the global oligarchy and transnational corporations. It is the world’s largest producer of cobalt ore, it also accounts for 70 percent of the world’s supply of coltan, 30 percent of global diamond reserves, 10 percent of the world’s supply of copper and it has much more, including deposits of zinc, manganese, gold, uranium, tantalum and germanium. The country has been described as the “Saudi Arabia of the electric vehicle age” because of its cobalt, essential to the production of lithium-ion batteries for many electric vehicles.

>The scramble for these resources has resulted in the decades of bloody civil war and social misery, with various groups and armed bands seeking to gain control of territory and establish relations with (or already have the backing of) major powers and financial interests. It is estimated that *120* armed groups operate in the eastern DRC alone.

>… MORE

Glory to the Rwandan Empire

That big blotch of red in the middle also has ebola

#MakeAfricaTribalAgain

As a German, I got a mini heart attack from the ADF.