The UN predicts a major humanitarian catastrophe

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Talking to TSI from Kinshasa, Neil Campbell, an expert on DR Congo at the International Crisis Group said: "It is not reasonable to look to the UN to defend civilians, considering the immensity of eastern Congo and the range of militant organisations preying on the people. The UN has been wished-for as the body that's all set to fetch democracy and stabilisation to the country, which is fully idealistic."

The 17,000-strong UN Peace Keeping Force in DR Congo – the world's biggest – is already stretched to breaking point. But expectations for instant support from the European Union were scanty, as few member nations agreed to contribute. Worries have developed of a wider war that could heave in Congo's neighbours. The turbulence in eastern Congo has been fuelled by festering hatreds left over from the 1994 Rwandan genocide.....Continue

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