DRC UPDATE

Days before a UN Force (which I must add that I feel is weak and needs a much stronger mandate) is to deploy in the DRC, fresh fighting has broken out. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has proposed increasing the number of troops to 11,000. Tomorrow, the EU is to vote on sending its own force to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, there are some who feel this could turn into a quagmire...

Germany also appears to have some misgivings.