drc: Congo Crisis: Military Intervention in Ituri

The district of Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing spiralling violence bordering on genocide. The crisis urgently needs to be stopped. However the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force (IEMF) being deployed to Bunia, the administrative centre, is totally insufficient. A much bigger UN intervention force is needed, that operates over a greater geographic area and stays much longer than the few months currently envisaged. There must also be sustained pressure on Rwanda, Uganda and Congo's leaders - and their proxy militias - to support the local pacification process in the area and finalise negotiations towards the establishment of a legitimate transitional Congo government. This is according to a new report from the International Crisis Group.