The Congo War Explained (and why it’s escalating) 

War's in Africa get very little global attention. The Ethiopian Tigray war was the deadliest war this century with over 600k deaths but most people don't even know about it

Well done for being one of the only channels that highlights what’s is happening in the world

Well done TLDR for highlighting this crisis

Learned about the Rwanda genocide at school. Makes sense that the dominoes still effect things today.

Here is what happened: There was a genocide in Rwanda, and people who did that genocide fled to Congo. There, they were armed by the French's somewhat rogue government members (see Lt. Col. Guillaume Ancel's testimony) and Mobutu the Congolese dictator. Kagame invaded the Congo to chase Mobutu and hunt down these genocide criminals in 1996 and since that day, there has been wars and proxy wars between Rwanda and the Congo. To this day, in Rwanda there are 1.4+ million confirmed dead from the genocide (numbers who are buried in genocide memorial sites) and there is at least 12 million dead in the Congo in these wars. A further 1 million Rwandans are presumed dead in Congolese forests as they fled with the exiled government. In total, that is around 30 to 50% of the 1994 Rwandan population and 15% of the Congolese population of that era. About the 1 million Rwandans who died fleeing, basically the exiled government told them "if you go back, Kagame will finish you" and those who even dreamed of returning to Rwanda were killed on the spot by these fleeing bureaucrats. Many refugees died in the forests due to a very bad life and lack of resources, etc. They will go on until there is no more FDLR in the Congo because this FDLR is classified as a terrorist group and it was the armed wing of the exiled government responsible for the millions dead in the Rwandan genocide. Everything else like the minerals, everyone in the region buys minerals from smugglers who steal them. The minerals come as a side effect of the actual bigger war which is Rwanda's unending desire to root out all of FDLR and the Congolese government which has elements that support and others that despise this group (so alliances change based on who has the most favor from the presidency). Normally a few years ago, Rwanda was doing joint operations with Congo against FDLR, they even killed its then commander Gen Mudacumura. Something happened which we don't know and the cooperation stopped and now it's war with FDLR's CRAP (Commando de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur) fighting for the Congolese army. This unit is one of FDLR's most elite and it is the only proven Long range reconnaisance Patrol unit in the theater (so all those precision drone strikes against M23 that killed colonels and majors in meetings, it is these guys who probably do the field recon and directing of these strikes). This will probably end in some sort of reconciliation as it always does, then war again, then reconciliation, then war, it is a never ending cycle.

The Tigray war, tensions in the Horn, the west African insurgencies, and the mess in northern Mozambique: global media tend to gloss over or ignore African matters no matter how big they get

No, the reason why it gets no coverage is because its in Africa, and we stereotype it as a "typical african conflict"

15 million people have died in Congo DRC conflict and nobody speaks about it

Thanks for your support. WE are suffering in Congo 😢

What is the bloodiest war since WW2? Vietnam? Korea? Ukraine? Nope, it's the Second Congo War - AKA the World War of Africa. And it was only one chapter in a series of interconnected conflicts. Almost nobody knows about this, and it drives me crazy. Thank you so much for covering this

My grandpa, talking about the conflict in the Congo, said nobody cares a bunch of you know what dying. It made me so sad, then again he was probably speaking the truth.

Another reason why it gets less attention ( and honestly probably the main reason why) is because this war has been going on for decades and decades some 27 years. It started 1996ish which for a lot people feels like a forever war.

Thank you for sharing this information about my country brother. 🙏🙌🙌👏👏🇨🇩🇨🇩🐆🐆

Thanks for shedding light on this.

Thanks for bringing more awareness to this one. It definitely doesn’t get nearly enough.

thanks for posting, the best content I've seen about Congo. Period.

Thank you TLDR for covering this topic - as a Congolese-American, it breaks my heart knowing that Congo (and specifically eastern Congo in Goma) have been experiencing these crises since before I was born. This also needs to be highlighted given the fact that Congo’s minerals and natural resources are utilized all over the world and should be a reminder to stand in solidarity with those who are displaced/oppressed/subjugated globally.

Thanks for shining your spotlight on this vexing crisis in a largely balanced & informed way.

This was a phenomenon segment. Especially that closing message. Thank you so much for your reporting

Videos like this are why the TLDR crew are the best on the scene

Well done, very relevant!!

I like how there is minecraft stuff in so many of ur videos lol

7:09 there's already drama over this here in South Africa, South Africans don't want our soldiers deployed over there, rather at our border to protect it, and now there's 2 soldiers dead and 3 injured from mortar shelling.

Thank you for informing people of other conflicts in the world. Sadly, social media and the news dictate what stories are worthy of coverage.

Some romanian soldiers who were sent as peacekeepers were killed last week. I feel bad for them and anyone who fell prey to this conflict. I hope DRC will finally catch a break that it deserves

Thank you for informing ppl about congo 🙏🏽🇨🇩

I love how this channel is explaining african wars which are largely ignores

The absolutely horrendous geography and insanely complicated tribal politics guarantee that no outside country is going to want anything to do with this dumpster fire unless they have no other choice. It sucks, but the locals are gonna have to solve this one on their own.

This war in the Congo is indeed tragic. Hopefully, some kind of peace can be achieved soon.

No one: Every Congo video: KING LEOPOLD

I just want to say, I've really been enjoying the little tidbits of gaming being edited into these videos with the Team Fortress 2 vote, those Minecraft blocks etc.

Good to see this being covered

Love tour videos. You do great work. You seem to do ground work far better than the so called big medias

Thank you soo much for covering such an important topic

They fight for resources before education and skill learning instead of the other way around. This is why some of these countries will always fail.

Thank you for highlighting this never ending tragedy, this all because someone somewhere wants 🇨🇩 natural resources at all costs

stay strong DR Congo people

African war timeline. 1: War over resources. 2: Sell it to China to build infrastructure. 3: Nationalise infrastructure 4: Repeat.

"World's apparent lack of interest" - and then the moment the world does take interest and picks a side to support - "stop interfering"

Thanks TLDR for the video, very informative.

"We want more attention and help from the world!" "UN, get out!"

Great video highlighting the Crisis in this region. Solutions seems very difficult find way into the heart of stakeholders in this conflict.

Thank you for explaining what’s going on in the Congo. I’ve heard people mentioned it but no one’s really playing attention.

@Tldrnewsglobal please talk about the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon 💔💔😭😭😭🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲

Honestly cant praise TLDR enough. My main source for reliable unbias news. How can these young people make MSM look so juvenile

thank you for making this video! I've been trying to do more research on this situation and there's definitely less info out there

Congo people are literally in Minecraft Civilization rn

The idea is that Africa is always in conflict. Without knowing what's happening in Congo most people would assume would assume there's a war in Africa.

Thank you very much. Here an important note. M23 is made of Tustis, the same tribe that claimed to be victims of hutus genocide in Rwanda in 90s yet they ran hutus out of Rwanda and control Rwanda since after also committing a genocide on hutus and now on Congolese. Importantly the Congolese have 450 tribes who been living in peace for centuries. Tustis are not autochtones to the Congo, they were welcomed in 70s by Mobutu yet want to claim the Congo just like they did with Rwanda. Kagame the Rwanda president has personal expansionist ambitions which he does not hide, he is using the tutsis we welcomed , making the same false claim of genocide of tutsis against a country which has 450 tribes yet never commited genocide against each other while Rwanda with only two tribes we know what they did to each others. If the Tutsis we welcomed in the Congo feel Congolese, they should NOT spread other Congolese blood and seek Rwanda help to destroy Congolese lives. How do you want us to feel about them after losing so many of our people and after so many years of war and destruction of our country?

Let me sit down and listen to this and learn. I have always been puzzled about this war

Sadly a lot of people are clueless and don’t know about all the wars in Africa

It appears that now any bold man with a certain set of skills can carve out his own personal fief in this fallen kingdom Not me but someone can

I'm rwandese but I can prove that what u said 90% is true. Most concerned is Rwanda's security where fdrl rebel which have committed genocide in Rwanda is very active and it is helped by drc gvt. Other are those minerals that are now wanted by the whole world even if m23 is the most known rebel but they are more than 120 rebels that have been working in drc ,and nobody is concerned to it .

Very well explained...Thank you!!

Uh... The implication that the USA somehow "extracted" uranium from Congo is both wrong and disingenuous. The USA paid for the Uranium - that's it. It is highly inaccurate to suggest that the USA was involved in the exploitation of the Congo. Please issue a retraction or correction.

I have so many more questions now but this was a good start i think.

No way they used Minecraft ores as their ore pictures 💀

Thanks 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

Rwanda is sadly complicit in the suffering of Congolese

Thanks for shedding some light on what is going on around the world, when no one is concerned

The african union should so something about it and stop blaming the west for chinese owned mines.

Thanks for this great video

Thanks for covering this

the DRC just needs to split up. Its crazy how much people want to break away.

We (I am speaking for people who look like me and live in the global north) don’t know about this because of systemic racism, bias; and personal ignorance.

I see you got focus and objective, I would like you to reaserch about Mozambique a country at war within itself since 1964, duo to a Government that it's against its own peaple

Thanks for reminding me.

Can you make a similar video for the ongoing Sudanese civil war?

Finally a news outlet telling the truth

Such a shame for humanity that more deadly wars are often ignored. Free Congo and Ethiopia!

There needs to be more news about this conflict! It's not right that they're being ignored.

People want to talk about Gaza and Ukraine but not the Congo… sad

Let the African Union solve it....blaming the West is very cliché to avoid responsibility.

World can't not be peaceful, unless we all get together, maybe one day

Thank you for this video. The worst part, for me, is that I learnt about it back in 2016 when a French rapper with DR Congolese origins mentioned it in a song. He tries to mention it whenever he can and that made me a fan. Main medias in France have barely talked about it and I know why : coltan. It's mostly found in DR Congo and it's vital for many devices we use daily such as computers or mobile phones. I hope they'll be able to prosper without foreign countries exploiting their resources and leave the locals with nothing but wars, diseases and forced migration abroad.

Stop calling every war in Africa forgotten, we are quite aware of whats happening on our continent and just cause its not known else where does not make them forgotten.

Once again the peace loving Islam behind this conflict

while i feel for Gaza. I am constantly disgusted by people focusing so much on Ukraine and Gaza. because iot's the trendy thing to do....

😢 how can we end the conflict and struggles?

Finally this news reporter is even telling us the influence of the west to congo

Had the DRC ever improved? It is always something negative.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the equivalence of that one guy in secondary school who gets bullied on a daily basis.

There's war everywhere but here we crying only about Palestine and Hamas that attack knowing they have no chance of winning Why are other wars not getting the spotlight?

"Ethnic tutsi", not really. Tutsi and Utu are overall one people of different cast. The Belges and French altered this class structure by *creating* these ethnicities and weaponizing the "differences" to fuel civil war in Rwanda.

Thank you TLDR

📝 Summary of Key Points: 📌 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a long-standing crisis marked by violence, conflict, and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly in the Eastern region. 🧐 The resurgence of armed groups like M23, supported by Rwanda, has further destabilized the region, leading to fears of escalating conflict and humanitarian consequences. 🚀 The complex conflict involves various armed groups, including the fdlr and ADF, committing atrocities like massacres and sexual violence, contributing to a dire humanitarian situation with millions displaced. 💡 Additional Insights and Observations: 💬 The exploitation of the DRC's resources historically by external powers has fueled conflict and instability in the region. 📊 Save the Children reports at least 150,000 people displaced since February, adding to the 7 million internally displaced people in the country. 🌐 UN peacekeeping efforts have struggled to stabilize the region, leading to increased tensions and anti-western protests. 📣 Concluding Remarks: The crisis in the DRC, particularly in the Eastern region, highlights the urgent need for international attention and support to address the complex conflict, protect civilians, and work towards lasting peace and stability. The involvement of armed groups, external support, and humanitarian consequences underscore the severity of the situation that demands global awareness and action. Generated using TalkBud

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR IN THE CONGO 🇨🇩 DRC: After migration of thousands of Africans ethnicity. In 14 to 15th centuries those Tutsi came from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Somalia 🇸🇴 then immigrated to Rwanda 🇷🇼 . That times they didn't have any land cause they were warriors marionettes utilized by the west during their wars. So at their local areas in Somalia and Ethiopia they got told to move away as they went to help white people in Europe 🇪🇺, then they came back in Africa and installed themselves in Rwanda then they spread later in Uganda , Tanzania , Kenya, Burundi, etc. No single one was in the Congo yet. Then they went to Rwanda and starting fighting local people there and change power all the times by war sometimes they were on power , sometimes local people. In 1950s , the lost war and power to local people so they fled to Congo in South Kivu , they name that place Mulenge. So that's why those ones in Congo are called Banyamulenge. Our former president decided to help them , which now is considered the biggest mistake our former President Mobutu did, he announced that every who was in the Congo 🇨🇩 DRC before the independence in 1960 became Congolese. So Banyamulenge became Congolese in that way as I have told you it was a biggest mistake every Congolese will tell you these. In 1994 , Tutsi and Hutu (local people) they started to kill each other, apparently they kill more Tutsi cause Hutu had more access to guns and matchetes those are history they teach every Congolese in school from primary to University. So Hutu lost the war because French lied to them to do cease fire and they tell those Hutu to go to Congo, the Congolese government accepted to welcome them, another big mistake because other neighbouring countries refused to welcome them genocidaire as neutral person as me, Hutu did bad by killing innocent babies we saw on the movies and history at school. In 1996, Rwanda government Tutsi and few Congolese politicians removed mobutu on power through war called AFDL liberation, every Congolese was happy cause Mobutu was a dictator and war there for 32 years. And the had of that Liberation movement AFDL became president of Zaire and change the name to colonial name Congo and post colonial name Congo before Mobutu. After Liberation in 1998, when the president of the country and of liberation told Rwanda government to go back to Rwanda they were angry and started a another war called RCD Goma. WARS IN MY DRC TILL NOW : as I said the biggest mistakes was to allow Tutsi Banyamulenge to be Congolese in 1970s , and to Welcome Hutu Génocidaire in the Congo as Refugees. Rwanda 🇷🇼 government through these wars used discriminatory allegations that Banyamulenge have been mistread in the Congo 🇨🇩, which is not true cause these people have been with US Congolese since before until wars and Genocide of Rwanda that's there are Hutu and Tutsi we used to know all are Rwandan our brothers and our sisters until their government brought these separation in Rwanda and in the Congo. Everytime Rwanda does wars in the Congo they came as to look for Hutu Génocidaires or they came to support Banyamulenge in the Congo 🇨🇩 so that they government can treat them well. First of all, we don't know who is Tutsi Munyamulenge and who is Tutsi Rwandan because they are all the same , speak same language, they all against Congolese governments all the times. Secondly, that confusion Rwandan government use it to infiltrate our government so that all the times when there's negotiations between Congolese government and rebellious Banyamulenge wars, they government of Rwanda will impose and infiltrate its military in our Government so they can have access to our government information and those Rwandais military need to be highly ranked as general ,major, colonels, and so on. In Conclusion, Rwanda government with its rebellious allied, and its genocidiary system comes in the Congo for several reasons: - Working for super power countries : USA, France, UK, Belgium, and European Unions so that they can give them Congo 🇨🇩 's natural resources for free or at cheaper cost. - Congo 🇨🇩 is so bigger and Richest country in the World when it comes to natural resources. -Divide Congo 🇨🇩 so that the poorest and smallest country , Rwanda can be bigger and Richer. - kill all Congolese if it's possible and take over - Send Rwandan citizens as Banyamulenge ("means Congolese Tutsi " apparently) send them as Congolese refugees in Australia, USA, UK, France, Belgium, Europe, North America, New Zealand, etc so that one day they can come and divide Congo or bring huge war in their favor in the Congo. They make sure once the Rwanda citizens arrive in the those developed countries they can do army so that they can go weaken the Congo. -Over half millions Rwandese have gone to those countries as Congolese when they are not even Congolese or Banyamulenge but Rwandais who speak Kinywarwanda or English. While languages spoke in the Congo 🇨🇩 are French as Official language, 4 nation languages: Kikongo, Kiswahili, Tshiluba, and Lingala. Plus , 450 plus dialects and every dialects correspond to language of each tribe. Such for your information there is no tribe in the Congo called Banyamulenge or Tutsi Congolese don't exist and will never exist. - Every Tutsi Rwandais want to be Congolese. - Gain more from war in the Congo by raping Congolese women cause most those soldiers or Rwanda origin have HIV aids. -Kill all Congolese if they can so Rwanda can take over. - Rwanda Government and its genocidiary system have killed over 20 million Congolese citizens since 1996 till present. - Rape all Congolese women : every 5 minutes these people have raped over 30 millions women, children and boys , men. - Causing Atrocities so that local Congolese people can leave their houses , lands so that Rwanda can take over. - Congolese Army cannot win any kind of wars against any rebellious group founded, supported and created by Rwanda because Congolese army is infiltrate by Rwandan soldiers imposed at so called negotiations which imposed by the west on profits of the west and Rwanda government. - Kill as many Congolese people as they can cause they West supports Rwanda government and make the media silent that's why there's a silent biggest genocide happening in the Congo 🇨🇩 cause Rwanda are killing us Congolese and the west and media are silent

the problem is south africa has reduced its role as an african regional super power because the ANC hates bad publicity, a few problems in CAR and we called it quits, south africa can send its army to unstable countries and state build while funding that state building with mineral resources… this is something that has caused chaos a lack of regional hegemony, someone needs to police everyone else

I need to watch this multiple times

I looked at allot of video's claiming that africa is headed for larger integration (cfr.east african federation). But this does not seem to match with what is going on the ground. It seems that the borders and states Europe left behind will crumble. I only can see the fragmentation of Africa into smaller states. (Maybe for the best, with the creations of borders that are more 'natural'?).

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT 🙏❤❤❤ THANKS THANKS 🙏 MAY GOD BLESS YOU ❤️❤️❤️❤️

If Congo joins the East African Federation and there's freedom of movement between the countries then that will help the people of eastern Congo. They will be able to move their products both east and west so they won't be as trapped.

For how much is going on there's little being published about this

Many are blaming Rwanda for the conflict, but I'd actually place much of the blame on the DRC authorities. FDLR consists of perpetrators of genocide, one of the worst genocides in human history! The Congolese government has also done little to nothing to clamp down on them, and repatriate them to Rwanda to face justice. The FDLR has stated before that they intend to return to Rwanda one day, something which would destabilise the country and plunge it back into the horrors of 1994. If Rwanda is to ensure its lasting peace, it needs to ensure that perpetrators of genocide are not able to return to stoke up hatred and harm the community. This means it must pursue them relentlessly, and bring them to justice.

May God help the people of Congo and free them secured them from dictators evil regime and prosperous them from their own land resources wealth to be happy African and developed.

Also remember that the UK government wants to send asylum seekers to 'safe' Rwanda. Meanwhile the Kagame government basically plays the same role Iran plays in the Middle East. And that's before you take into account Rwanda is more densely populated and a lot poorer than the European countries who claim they can't take in any more refugees, because of lack of room and/or money.

I don’t understand why we aren't hearing about the violence happening in congo, like its ridiculous. They never talk about wars in Africa but always blow up and talk about wars in every other area😮‍💨

For me honestly it's not so much the distance but the fact that I can't remember a time when the Congo wasn't a mess of civil war and insurgencies. It's depressing and I don't know if there's a way out. And while you could say the same for the middle east, there we have to care more because we're more directly involved. Well unless you're Belgian, then you should probably feel responsible for the Congo as well.

Hello thanks for the video. However you’ve wrongly used the flag of old Republic of Zaïre at 2:45

3:00 UN forces didn't contribute to any of it. they've being kicked out for failing to do their job and leaving RDC by this end of this year.