M23 Rebels in Goma Will Not Bring the Congo Into Chaos

Impact

Recent articles will have you think that chaos is coming (again) to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while the M23 rebels, a force of between 1,000 and 3,000 defected Congolese soldiers fighting against the government since May, have taken the capital of the mineral rich region of North Kivu, they are not currently sliding the DRC into chaos any faster than it already was going to.