Is War About to Break Out Between Rwanda and the DRC?

Conflict in Congo is a decades old story. However, with tensions rising yet further and more regional powers being drawn in, the question is if the conflict could spill out further.

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[AloisAgos]

Born too early for the war in the Congo, born too soon for the war in the Congo, born just in time for the war in the Congo.

[KMSzero]

I hope I live to see the Congo one day not be completely terrible

[thepax]

Sometimes, History doesn't repeat itself... it *loops* 🤷🏻‍♀️

[vachagan]

Bro I swear for my whole life I feel like DRC and Rwanda are going to war with each other

[ourpicks]

I’m Kenyan and I pray for the day DRC will be peaceful and prosperous as ever coz it’s the whole continent that stands to benefit! DRC literally has everything needed to make Africa self sufficient and independent! Apart from the crazy huge mineral resources, the biggest hydropower dam in the world if implemented fully (Grand Inga Dam) has potential to generate 40 - 70 GW of clean energy enough to power several countries effortlessly! I love the Congolese people a lot coz they’re friendly, hardworking and entrepreneurial! But it’s a shame how DRC has turned out to be coz of the evil and selfish ambitions of some powers from within and outside the continent! 😏

[malegria]

“First Congo, second Congo, when will third Congo come? Three million dead yet nobody’s won”

- a poem I wrote in like 8th grade

[Kret-o]

There's something so crazy about small little Rwanda slapping around the 2nd largest country in Africa

[josephblow]

I sure hope war doesn't happen. I was just in Rwanda, including near the DRC border, and there are so many lovely people there. I met great Congolese people too. Praying for peace

[userkffs]

This cocktail has everything: natural resources, ethnicities, corruption, russia, poverty.. the list goes on

[ahorrell]

To TLDR: Thank you so much for covering this!
I've spent years learning about the conflicts in this region, so I'm stoked to see it get some attention. You did an admirable job of covering something this complicated in seven minutes - I have a few quibbles, but this is possibly the best short summary I've seen on YouTube. Well done!

To viewers:
Here are some good books on the Congo conflict:
- Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, by Jason Stearns: A good easy read that covers the same stuff as this video. A great starter
- In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, by Michela Wrong: Focuses on the rise and fall of Mobutu, who ruled DR Congo until Rwanda removed him in the first war. Maybe the best-written book on Congo - she's a fantastic writer.
- Africa's World War, by Gerald Prunier: Probably the best book on the second war. Prunier is a great writer and very funny, but this one book gets quite detailed in sections.
- Congo, The Epic History of a People, by David Van Reynbrouk: Good background on the country.
- The War that Doesn't Say its Name, by Stearns: This covers the conflict since 2003, including the M23. A bit more academic.
Also, you can't go wrong with King Leopold's Ghost (about the colonial period) and Heart of Darkness by Conrad or the Poisonwood Bible for fiction.

There's a lot of great books on Rwanda (the genocide, the war in Rwanda, the Congo Wars). My faves are:
- Shake Hands with the Devil, by Gen Dallaire
- Land of a Thousand Hills, Kinzer (take the praise for the President with a grain of salt).
- Do Not Disturb, M Wrong (for a harsher view of the President)
- The Rwanda Crisis, Prunier
- Leave None to Tell the Story, Des Forges (probably THE book on the genocide - but long and detailed)
Also, you cant go wrong with the movie Hotel Rwanda.

[EarlHare]

I always wondered why the Tory Government thought it was a good idea to send migrants to Rwanda.
Now we know why Rwanda needs more young men.

[katynewt]

One thing's for sure, whatever happens there, the rest of the world will do its very best to ignore it.

[stephenclark]

But the tories passed a law saying that Rwanda was a safe country to live in?

[anneeq]

Congo's story of so sad. Like Nigeria. It should have been so much

[marvinamann]

The world: we already have enough wars right now, maybe we should all take a break?

Africa: I hear not enough conflict? Hold my beer

[Mr_Oculus]

Tensions with Rwanda again? Man, the DRC can't ever catch a break huh?

[HOSIAKEEM]

M23 are Congolese not Rwandese. Just because I am Tutsi doesn’t mean that I am a Rwandan.

[mecalegrand]

*WE ARE FLEEING TO EUROPE WITH THIS ONE BOIS* 🗣 🔥

[nkurunzizaolivier]

all the issues that Congo has will always be there until the resources that the whole world even the UN is looking for are no longer there.

[R.E-kw]

I have family in Burundi and nothing terrifies me more than a war in the region