Letter to the Editor: Tutsi occupies Democratic Republic of Congo

3/27/08

Dear Editor,
The occupation of Tutsi in Democratic Republic of Congo should stop. The Tutsi tribe wants to take over the Congolese government so it can control the Congo. The Tutsi tribe also has been encouraged to become citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the influence of several countries including Britain, South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and other developing countries. The support from these nations to the Tutsi tribe is suspect because these countries want to exploit the Congo’s resources.

The Tutsi believe they are a better tribe than the Congolese tribes. The Congolese are fighting against the Tutsi and demanding they go back to Rwanda where they came from. The Tutsi do not want to go back to Rwanda, or even surrender to the Congolese government, they want to stay and protect their families. Laurent Nkunda is a political leader and a voice for the Tutsi, who endorses unfriendly actions against Congolese government. Laurent Nkunda says the Tutsi are protecting themselves from the Hutu-dominated Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. The Hutu controlled the Rwandan government and when the Hutu president died, they began genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. 800,000 Tutsi died with disaster genocide in Rwanda. The human rights Violations came from both sides: the remnants of the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) regime that coordinated the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 moved to Congo/Zaire to set up their weapons training camps and plan to go back to Rwanda. They count on taking over Rwanda from the Tutsi. Both Tutsi and FDLR use children to fight against each other. It is easy to get these children to fight, because they come from poor and broken homes. These youth are living in the Congolese combat zone and do not have a chance to go to school and they turn to violence. Citizens of the Congo suffer from the ethnocentric actions of the Tutsi and FDLR. However it is not just the Congolese who are in trouble, but the peoples of Rwanda and the general public of all central Africa countries. The violence between the two positions has led to the destruction of communities by stealing, damaging property, kidnapping women, and the killing of over five million people. Since the Congolese have been invaded by the Tutsi, there has been no end to the fighting that takes place today.
Sincerely,

Verite Oscar Makuni
Former Congo citizen