DR Congo

Stub note migrated from Notion 2026-04-26. The substantive crisis content lives in DR Congo Conflict (04 Current Crises). This actor stub anchors the wikilink graph.

Overview

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has hosted persistent armed conflict in its eastern provinces since the aftermath of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Over 100 armed groups operate in eastern DRC, with the most prominent in 2025 being the Tutsi-aligned M23 and the Hutu-rooted FDLR. (Fact, High — CFR Global Conflict Tracker, UN GoE reports.)

Strategic interest

• Mineral wealth — coltan, gold, copper, cobalt — particularly in North Kivu (Rubaya area).
• Great Lakes security architecture — DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi interlock.
• Chinese and Western mining concessions — competitive resource diplomacy.

Cross-links

• DR Congo Conflict — active crisis dossier
• M23 — primary insurgent actor (to be profiled in 01 §12)
• Rwanda — alleged direct backer of M23
• FDLR — Hutu armed group (to be profiled in 01 §12)
• Goma — fallen city (to be profiled)
• Hybrid Warfare — applicable framework
• Proxy Warfare — applicable framework

Provenance

Migrated from Notion page 18c10ba6-7476-8040-a726-c1e732ae7197 (DR Congo thread, 23 tweets, Jan 2025) on 2026-04-26.