RD cono, peace be upon a country destroyed by war and exploitation

Beatrice Garra – Vatican City

“It is often not understood by the reason for the presence of 2,345,406 square kilometers and with more than 100 million people, everyone is poor. More than 70 % of the population is poor. Because? ”.

Resource exploitation

At the base of the systematic exploitation that was presented to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the wealth of soil: cobalt (the country is the first producer of the world), gold, diamonds, mineral mineral resources. These other natural diseases are added: it has the second largest tropical forest in the world, as well as with the Congo River basin, and the second in the extension after the Amazon. However, since the 1990s, the wars do not stop obtaining these enormous and precious natural resources, while “multinational companies benefit from the weakness of the state at their end”, and while the patient extracted from inequality is exacerbated. ”

Environment integration as an alternative

In this context, there is a possible way to follow the way it is referred to in Laudato if, where Pope Francis suggests a holistic approach, with a focus on the need to work for the integrated environment, and clarify the relationship between the environmental crisis and the social crisis. “We need to provide a comprehensive model from the bottom to the top to enhance local development, respect human rights, review governance, and adequately distribute wealth,” the doctorate argues: “The only alternative is the integrated environment.”

The deep causes of war

The deep causes of the current war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the history of the last century must be searched, and above all in the genocide in Rwanda, the current lack of peace. This Professor Jean -Claude Malikia Kinombi, associated with the Faculty of theology at the University of Anthony and Franciscan, who followed the events in the country of a thousand hills until the establishment of the M23 military group, which took the rubber city last January. While Rwanda continues to deny any involvement with the group, says the Congolese, signs of relaxation were seen at the March 18 meeting between Paul Kajami and Felix Chesikde, the Presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which occurred in its circuit with mediation in Qatar. These were the first direct talks on the ongoing conflict in the eastern provinces of RDC after the M23 Repel group, in which the two leaders finally asked for a very instant fire, writing to the island.

Destroyer

Meanwhile, however, the destruction was endless. “We are disgusted by the bombing of the newly born pediatric chamber in the Mother’s General Hospital,” said Professor Malikia Kinomb. M23 is now trying to prove that he knows how to manage the occupied lands, and he wants to be an alternative to the government of President Felix Chesikdi. About the potential risks of this violence, “The brains of escape prefer to die in the Mediterranean or in the Atlantic Ocean rather than staying in misery.”

Peace prospects

The professor said: “Reflection on peace is a difficult way, but it is not impossible.” “This also means asking for reconciliation between the Congo and Rwanda, and getting to know the mistakes and searching for the truth.” The steps that must be taken to end violence, imagine solutions to mining problems that take into account the dignity of the human person and then emphasize social justice and solidarity. The Congolese themselves must be fair in the management of their country, and not only prefer politicians who earn a lot of money. This is only possible if “one knows a brother in the other.”

Congolese society is stagnant

Speaking to the Vatican media out of the event, the two speakers, of Congolese, drew a dramatic panorama of news that come from relatives and acquaintances, especially rubber and Bocavo. “Congo is mired in chaos” since I took AFC and M23 Kivu Norte and now Kivu Sur, explained by Baderha Batumike. “We do not know who is killed, because the government does not know how to manage security. The rebels say they came to liberate the country, but people are still suffering. The Congolese community is paralyzed, because now there is no job, everyone is closed at home, and the markets are closed. There is no life. All schools are closed, children at home, they face difficulties even in reaching their schools, as well as university students. To get out of this position, “it is really necessary to work together,” I noticed the doctorate, “that all Congolese join, in the wake of the social agreement for peace and coexistence in the Congo, which was proposed by the Congolese Episcopal Conference, alongside the Protestant Church, to achieve peace.” “I finished my studies in 1998 in high school and there was a war. There is still a war today. What I know for my family, who is from the east of the country, is that they destroyed my brother’s house with a bomb. My family members are also outside their homes. They also have no food. They are not good news.”