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This is Congo
“To grow up as a child in Congo, according to God’s will, is to grow up in paradise. Perhaps because of the will of man, growing up in Congo is to grow up in misery because of these endless, unjust wars imposed on its people.” —Colonel Mamadou Ndala
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently marked its 58th independence anniversary—and still awaits the first peaceful transfer of power in its history. It seemed an opportune time for the release of photographer-turned filmmaker Daniel McCabe’s long-awaited documentary This is Congo.
This is Congo is an ambitious project. In a little more than 90 minutes McCabe uses the narratives and individual fates of a young ambitious military commander, an anonymous whistleblower, a mineral dealer and a continuously displaced tailor to draw lessons about Congo’s history, its political economy, and its relationship to regional-and international geopolitics. Despite shortcomings and broad-brush generalizations with regards to the depiction of Congo’s complex history, and little reference to Joseph Kabila’s administration, This is Congo’s uniqueimagery, and exceptional protagonists leave a lasting impression on its viewers, and unearth important insights about what it means to live in today’s Congo.
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How can Strategic Theory Provide Insights into the M23 and the Broader Instability in Eastern DRC?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is engulfed in a never-ending conflict as its internal instability began after Joseph-Désiré Mobutu&#;s regime collapsed in Ever since irregular forces have fought either international peacekeepers, the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC), or one another. Properly defining Congo&#;s intrastate warfare actors is problematic as multiple groups claim the status of &#;rebels&#; fighting for various strategic goals of political, social, and economic control. While some estimates claim over rebel forces exist[i], many are localized armed groups with the strategic goal of protecting their villages, i.e., the Mai Mai, but there are larger ones with far broader goals. Since the initial rise of the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) in April [ii], this primarily Banyarwanda rebel force has received special attention from researchers, human rights groups, and even investigations by the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNGoE). Despite the wealth of study, there is a lack of strategic theory to understand the M23, the Congolese government, and the multiple other internal actors.
M.L.R. Smith describes