Crisis in the Congo - New genocide is a possibility

NOBODY who saw the savagery of Rwanda’s genocide 14 years ago, in which half a million Tutsis were slaughtered, will forget the dreadful scenes.

The return of terrible instability to the region, the escalating refugee situation, the collapse of a UN-brokered ceasefire and the rebel siege of the Congo’s eastern provincial capital Goma over a $5 billion deal that gives China access to the country’s vast mineral riches in exchange for a railway and highway network all conspire to create a frightening scenario.

There may be a world economic crisis and there may be a presidential election in America, but the international community must do more to try to ensure that the dreadful slaughter of 1994 is not repeated.