The article is more a reflection of Uganda and Rwanda governments views than an independent analysis to understand the chaos in Eastern Congo and help suggest appropriate solutions to end the crisis.

The fact that the above mentioned countries deny any support to rebel groups in the Eastern Congo does not mean they do not support,journalists should investigate allegations and find for themselves if this is true or not.

Dissidents from "the Congo Desk" in Rwanda in particular have made it clear that the troubles in Congo are planned and executed from Rwanda.Some "rebel groups" such as RASTAS are a creation of Rwanda to perpetuate chaos in Eastern Congo.

Uganda and Rwanda have invaded and stayed in the Congo for at least 5 years since 1997. At one point under Kabila Father,the chief of military staff in the Congo was the current rwandan military chief of staff.Uganda on the other hand had even in addition to military appointed civil authorities in the north eastern Congo.

How and why these armies never drove the rebels out the Congo after at least five years of presence?Instead we saw these armies fighting against each other in KISANGANI,eastern Congo where there were no FDLR,no LRA.

The truth in this is that Uganda and Rwanda were busy looting the Congo and back then didn't have any security concerns to invade Congo in the first place.

Before Congo can organize itself with a strong army and strong central authority after years of instability,there will be chaos in Eastern Congo.Motivations of these rebel groups are minerals in most part.

In the search for a lasting peace in Great Lake region,the rhetoric is often to blame Congo.While instability in Congo can be a factor,it is not the only one. Democraty including fair elections,reconciliation and inclusion of all communities in the political sphere in Uganda and Rwanda is certainly part of the solution to the crisis in the region.

The sympathy of the International Community towards the regimes in Uganda and Rwanda which translates in pouring of huge financial assistance should not dismiss the need for a replacement of current authocratic leadership in those countries.

Elie Minami Kinshasa/Congo.

Kato you are right if the RDC GOVERNMENT WANT TO FIGHT THE REBELS HE DOESN'T NEED HELP FROM OUTSIDE, YES BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THOSE REBELS ARE SUPPORTED BY OUTSIDE WESTERN COUNTRIES AS UK,USA VIA RWANDA AND KAGAME IS A CHAIRMAN ,WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT THERE IS NOWAY THOSE REBELS TO STAY RDC ,THE HELP THAT RDC GOVERNMENT NEED IS THAT RWANDA ACCEPT HIS PEOPLE FDLR (GROUP OF TUTSIS AND HUTUS WHO ARE AGAINST THE LEADERSHIP OF KAGOME) so why kagome doesn't want to have opposition party as a democratic country? kagame is the source of every trouble in centraal afrika. TODAY NKUNDA IS FIGHTING BECAUSE HE IS AFRAID OF FDLR TO EXTERMINATE HIS PEOPLE AND if fdlr still in kongo is because of kagome, now he has to open the door for his people to return home unconditionally if he doesn,t DO THAT HE WILL BE CONSTANTLY THE SOURCE OF TROUBLE OF the GRANdS LACS. HE HAS TO SHOW A WILL IF he IS REALLY A MAN OTHERWISE ,HE WILL BE CONSIDER AS A CHICKEN , BECAUSE HE CAN'T HANDLE OPPONENTS WHICH RESULT TO A DICTATORSHIP. THANK YOU

The problem is, none of these groups, including Kabila junior are for the better. They all try to get hold of the riches und get millionaires. The reason for this is based in the support of the classic colonial powers in Europe und US. They feed puppets in order to get hold of the riches. They support, like Leopold 2 did, rivaling tribes in order to have peace while exploiting Congo. So colonialism has never disappeared in Africa, only the governors have changed from white to black. Those heros like Jomo Kenyatta or Patrice Lumumba have either decayed or been killed. The attempts of Laurent Desiré Kabila to put an end to this was stopped by his son and chinese and North Coreans in order to get hold of uranium. The freedom fight in Africa was badly sabotaged by Sovietunion turning itself into a stronghold of capitalism and so gave disorientation in battle for freedom. Into this gap came islam but arabian imperialism is for nothing better. African freedom loving people must rely on their own strength, stop gasping to some dirty aid coming from false friends like now chinese. They in turn act no other than in social imperialist manner as Sovietunion did. Like in Afghanistan or Ethiopia Sovietunion badly failed with its attempts to place puppets and play role of colonialists. Even in Congo Cuba with Che Guevara failed to get feet in the door disguised as internatonalist aid. Cuba itself without laying at the breast of Sovietunion could hardly survive und nowadays sits at table with imperialists to establish capitalism in Cuba. Why is all this? Those chief ideologists think that without capitalism people could not survive. They curse Sovietunion at the time of J.W. Stalin. But the question is, how could that backward country face with success the biggest army then in the world with Hitler and defeat him in Berlin? Was it the aid of US? At that time the industry in Sovietunion encreased enormously and it is no secret J.W. Stalin organised the production forces to socialist base but not with capitalism. It is a simple fact, when the circulation of goods is blocked as is the case with capitalism by theft of riches by a few and getting millionaires, people gets hungry and angry. The economy is blocked. Work is worth nothing.But when those blockades are banned and those turned into capitalists chased away, victory for the people will come S.