amazing life. i remember in my childhood seeing lions along side the road sometimes. goma was a choice place for a long time. they re not coming anymore? no. it s a red zone. it s looking like there won t be house to house fighting or artillery or mortars dropping in. was today a good day? we have a rebel group just ten kilometers north of us, and maybe seven other rebel groups that are all caught in the blender, you know? things change quickly in the congo. confused yet? virtually all of the eastern part of the country is being contested by rebel groups some local and others allegedly acting on behalf of interests based in neighboring countries. recently the largely tutsi rwandan-backed m-23 has been active in the area around goma. but the mostly hutu fdlr is also here.
they can also refer to self-defense groups or specifically entities. like apcls or chaka. some groups like the frpi are principally defending a stake in a resource like gold, and others are mainly interested in fighting with a particular enemy, in their case, they have a beef with the fdlr. lots of other organizations controlling territory who haven t come up with a name or cool acronym yet. this is only a fraction of the rebel groups in a single area of the congo. be advised this map was hopelessly outdated before we even got here. it s all these variables kind of knotted into one big mess. these are the reasons why media has a difficult time, why the western world doesn t hear much about congo, because how can you sum it up in a three-minute report? but for us, goma is just a stopover on the way to the congo river. so we need to keep moving.
dan: well, right now we have a rebel group just 10 kilometers north of us. anthony: right. dan: and then, we have, uh, maybe seven other rebel groups that are all caught in the blender, you know? so anthony: confused yet? virtually all of the eastern part of the country is being contested by rebel groups, some local, and others, allegedly acting on behalf of interests based in neighboring countries. recently, the largely tutsi rwandan backed m23 has been active in the area around goma. but the mostly hutu fdlr is also here. the maimai can refer to either somewhat generic local self-defense groups or specific entities like apcls or shaka. some groups, like the frpi, are principally defending a stake in a resource like gold. and others, like the raïa mutomboki, are mainly interested in fighting with a particular enemy. in their case, they have a beef with the fdlr. and lots of other organizations controlling territory who
rhodesia up here to vacation. amazing good life. i remember in my childhood seeing lions alongside of the road. goma was a choice place for some time. they re not coming anymore? no. it s a red zone. it s looking like there won t be house to house fighting or artillery or mortars dropping into goma. was today a good day? right now we have a rebel group just ten kilometers north of us. right. and then we have maybe 700 other rebel groups that are all caught in the blender. things change quickly in the congo. confused yet? virtually all of the eastern part of the country is being contested by rebel groups some local and others allegedly acting on behalf of interests based in neighboring countries. recently the largely tutsi rwandan backed m-23 has been active in the area around goma, but the mostly hutu fdlr is also here.