Gen. Laurent Nkunda leads a Tutsi militia that hopes to force Congo's government to expel a rival Hutu militant group. Scott Baldauf/Christian Science MonitorWhat Does Congo's Gen. Nkunda Want? -- Christian Science Monitor
Johannesburg, South Africa – Gen. Laurent Nkunda, the man laying siege to the eastern Congolese city of Goma, is full of contradictions. He's a successful military commander, almost unbeatable on the battlefield, but he has almost no political future. He's an ordained Adventist preacher, who court-martials soldiers who engage in rape; yet his military chief of staff is a wanted war criminal.
All he wants to do is talk, Gen. Nkunda says. But if the government of Congolese President Joseph Kabila refuses to talk, Nkunda threatens to widen the war and topple President Kabila. He welcomes African peacekeepers if they come as neutrals in a humanitarian mission, but if they fight alongside the Congolese Army (FARDC), he promises to fight them.
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Update: Congo’s rebel leader’s political goal -- Financial Times
My Comment: This is a race/tribal war of the worse type. And it is not going to end for a long time.