Learning about General Laurent Nkunda

Learning about General Laurent Nkunda

Yesterday our group at school was assigned to comment a video about the Democratic Republic of Congo after elections in 2006. I was surprised to see how little I knew about their History and problems. I was shocked to learn about the genocide of the tutsi population and about how the interhamwe is still active and causing suffering to people in general.

I learned as well about the Congolese general Laurent Nkunda and the circumstances of his arrest in 2009. He was one of the last rebel leaders who fought the established govern and try to protect the remaining tutsi people.

What surprised me the most is the fact that general Nkunda was arrested four year ago and remains in a Rwanda's house confinement ever since, with no charges against him. Most current information says that he was not taken to trial yet because he knows too much, and there are government and powerful factions who are not interested in having him in court revealing their doings. Meanwhile, he is living in prison and there is no one willing to defend him.