There would be no conflict in the Republic of Congo but for the activities of certain US banks and multinational companies. This view was expressed by publisher and editor of the Black Star magazine Milton Allimadi in an interview with Sahara TV's Omoyele Sowore.
Mr. Allimadi, an expert on African issues explicitly blames US banks like Citi Bank and other multi national institutions for fomenting the mayhem in the African country. He also placed a fair share of the blame on the doorstep of some puppet African governments.
"This is actually a very profitable war for a lot of these countries and companies, so even though 8million people are dying, it’s because of the wealth of the Congo that nobody is focusing on the 8million people," he reiterated. “But the UN report [E1] lists companies including US banks like Citi Bank that were involved in helping to finance some of these illegal mining".
Mr. Allimadi, who is originally from Uganda revealed that the M23 is heavily backed by the Rwandan and Ugandan governments and traced the command hierarchy of this rebel group to the Rwandan Minister of Defense who ultimately reports to the Commander-in-chief; the president.
"It is not the M23 that is behind for the genocide in the Congo. It is Rwanda and Uganda and the leaders of Rwanda and Uganda should be held accountable; like Charles Taylor was held accountable in what happened in Sierra Leone that he supported when he was president of Liberia," he said.
He offered that it is possible to have peace in the Congo and other flash points in Africa but it was vital to 'unspin the spin' by the mainstream media and to name and shame the real culprits of these unfortunate skirmishes to achieve this objective.
Touching on other issues on the continent, he referred to information from the Wall Street Journal indicating that the Jihadists in the Malian conflict who the French government is now fighting were actually at one point 'friends' of the superpowers; a clear case of chickens coming home to roost. He went on to bemoan the presence of US drones on the continent, opining that the whole brouhaha in Mali is just a well coordinated covert plan to sneak in the US drone base on the African continent under the guise of fighting the rebels.
Mr. Allimadi also condemned the incident in South Africa in which some police officers tied a Mozambican migrant to their van and dragged him for several yards; resulting in his death.
On a brighter note, he expressed optimism for the Kenyan elections stressing that it is important for Kenyans to prove to the world that they are ready to practice mature politics.
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