Hat tip to reader Aaron for emailing this story to Booker Rising. Fighting between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a humanitarian catastrophe. The Red Cross said the number of displaced people was growing by the hour and that the precarious security situation was making it difficult to deliver aid. Diplomatic efforts are under way to end the crisis, which has displaced 250,000 people.
General Laurent Nkunda, a rebel leader, said he is fighting to protect his Tutsi community from attack by Rwandan Hutu rebels, some of whom are accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Congolese government has often promised to stop Hutu forces from using its territory, but has not done so. Gen. Nkunda has also objected to government plans for foreign involvement in the country's vast mineral wealth.
Congo refuses to negotiate with Gen. Nkunda, calling him a terrorist.
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