Congolese combatants have created global support networks

Monuc continues to work with a DRC military leader, Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, the experts point out.

In an apparently deliberate understatement, the report cites a “possible contradiction” between Monuc’s mandate to protect Congolese civilians and its support for DRC military units that carry out “military operations in disregard of protection of civilians and for international humanitarian law.”