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This tool is the product of the reflections of a Congolese refugee living in the Ugandan capital KAMPALA, who finds that the security issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo seems to be complex.This complexity is due to the mistakes made since colonization by Belgium, the former metropolis.More than 10 million Congolese were killed by the Belgian King during the exploitation of the country's raw materials.This situation continued to develop after independence, with the continued support of the metropolis and other world powers. The East was chosen as the battleground, in particular the province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which borders the country.of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bordering Rwanda, North Kivu, which has been torn apart since 1994 with the massive arrival of Rwandan Hutu refugees on Congolese soil.that have claimed millions of lives.The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco), a force of around ten thousand men tasked with providing a deterrent presence, has recorded 45 attacks on 30 villages in this province of North Kivu since May 2012. 30% of the rural population of North Kivu has taken refuge.
About the author
Dr. Louis AKILIMALI ist Universitätsprofessor und Vorsitzender des Weisenrats/Parlament der kongolesischen Flüchtlinge in Uganda.
