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Key Words: Desmond Tutu, John Sentamu, Raila Odinga, Gordon Brown, Internaional Community, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, African Union (AU), Yoweri Museveni; Paul Kagame, Laurent Nkunda, DRC Congo If you believe the Western media, the Western coalition that calls itself and its will that of the international community, you would be forgiven if you thought Zimbabwe is the worst place to be right now on earth, and Robert Mugabe, the only African leader who has been in power more than 10 years. You might also easily think that Zimbabwe is the only place in Africa or the world, where elections have been controversial and contested. And you would also be forgiven if you thought Zimbabwe is the only place where people have or are dying of political violence as a result of a contested state legitimacy. Listening to Raila Odinga, John Sentamu, or Condeeleeza Rice, you would think that all the dictators and those who suppress political freedom and use state violence to brutalise their opponents are ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/africa/04congo.html?hp=&pagewanted=all Rwanda Stirs Deadly Brew of Troubles in Congo Rwanda Stirs Deadly Brew of Troubles in Congo By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: December 3, 2008 KIGALI, Rwanda — There is a general rule in Africa, if not across the world: Behind any rebellion with legs is usually a meddling neighbor. And whether the rebellion in eastern Congo explodes into another full-fledged war, and drags a large chunk of central Africa with it, seems likely to depend on the involvement of Rwanda, Congo's tiny but disproportionately mighty neighbor. Jerome Delay/Associated Press A REBELLION IN CONGO Laurent Nkunda, center, a rebel leader in Congo, was an officer in Rwanda's army. It is widely believed that Rwanda backs Mr. Nkunda; Rwanda denies it. Jerome Delay/Associated Press Park rangers loyal to the CNDP make their way through the Virunga National Park near the Ugandan border in eastern Congo. The New York Times Many of t...