Helping Congo Help Itself: What It Will Take to End Africa's Worst War

• Published in: Foreign affairs (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 92; no. 5; pp. 99 - 112
• Main Author: Stearns, Jason K.
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Council on Foreign Relations 01.09.2013; Council on Foreign Relations, Inc; Council on Foreign Relations NY
• Subjects: Activism; Africa; Armed conflict; Armies; Bureaucracy; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Conflict termination (Military science); Congo; Congo (Kinshasa) foreign relations; Democratic Republic of Congo; Diplomacy; Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes; Diplomats; ESSAYS; Failure analysis; Foreign affairs; Government; Government relations; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Mass Media Violence; Military aspects; Militias; Mining; Pacific settlement of international disputes; Peace; Peace keeping; Peace negotiations; Peacetime; Political aspects; Political reform; Political violence; Politics; Rebellion; Rebellions; Republic of the Congo; Rwanda; Rwandan foreign relations; Termination; United Nations; Violence; War; Congo (Kinshasa); Rwanda; Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo

It would be easy to label the Democratic Republic of the Congo an irredeemable mess. For almost two decades, the country has been roiled by a series of wars involving neighboring countries and dozens of Congolese militias. This dismal picture is misleading. Congo's problems are complex, but cer...