Editor,I wish to comment on the opinion piece, “Who wants peace in DRC? Not the media, rights groups or even some countries”, by Joseph Rwagatare (The New Times, December 10). Great analysis, as usual. Just a slight correction and a suggestion. The correction: the demented noise-makers appear when the prospects of peace increase rather than vice versa. Not only is this true, it also fits in with the thrust of your analysis. They – the human rights industry and humanitarian gangs – have behaved like vultures, yearning for carrion to feed their insatiable appetites, abetted by a complicit racist media in such of material to validate their they are all savage Africans sponsored by neighbours itching for Congolese mineral loot fed to them by the likes of HRW and Jason Stearns and their water carriers in the UN Group of so-called Experts.It is interesting to note that all these people (the human rights cabal, so-called regional specialists, UN groups of whatever and their bosses back in New York or other Western metropolises and the media) are from countries who are in fact the ones pillaging DRC resources for a song. See the inescapable connection? Which brings me to the suggestion.There is a need to undertake a real investigative study to show which companies and individuals and their countries of origin own what mineral concessions in the Congo. I would not be surprised that it is those interests really calling the policy shots in the ongoing anti-Rwanda and anti-Uganda campaign. Peace, stability and an effective government accountable to its citizens is the last thing these people want in the DRC.Mwene Kalinda
